"The Name of the Rose" writer

The answer

ECO

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ECO answer page.

Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• UMBERTOECO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ECO

Every other clue in this collection answered by ECO, most used first.

• Green prefix - used 431 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Umberto - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
• Earth-friendly prefix - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
• Environmental prefix - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-friendly - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Name of the Rose" author - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with friendly - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
• "Foucault's Pendulum" author - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with system - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with tourism - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• System starter - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Environmentalist's prefix - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Writer Umberto - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Friendly introduction? - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-friendly (green) - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with conscious - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Umberto - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Name of the Rose" author Umberto - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Environmentally friendly prefix - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Green start - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Earth Day prefix - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• "Foucault's Pendulum" author Umberto - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix for friendly - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Island of the Day Before" author - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• "Baudolino" author - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Prefix for system - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Friendly opening? - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Logical beginning? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with sphere - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with warrior - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Habitat: Prefix - used 12 times, most recently in 1995
• Green - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Green opening - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with hazard - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Prefix with tourist - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Name of the Rose" writer Umberto - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "Baudolino" novelist - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Prefix with logical - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• System start-up? - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "The Name of the Rose" novelist Umberto - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Green starter? - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Prefix for tourism - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Sustainability prefix - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Environmentally friendly - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• __-friendly (good for the environment) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Green beginning - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• He wrote "The Name of the Rose" - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Nature prefix - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Prefix for sphere - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Prefix meaning "green" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with -cide - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• ___-conscious - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Conservationist's prefix - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Environment-related prefix - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Friendly beginning? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-friendly (not harmful to the environment) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-friendly (safe for the environment) - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Green, in a sense - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Prefix with "friendly" or "tourism" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with system or sphere - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• "A Theory of Semiotics" author - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Baudolino" author Umberto - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Earth First prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Environment: Prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Foucault's Pendulum" writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Friendly prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Numero Zero" author - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Prefix with terrorism - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Sphere opening - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "The Island of the Day Before" author Umberto - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Tourism prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree-hugger's prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• ___-warrior - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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