"___, meeny, miney, mo"

The answer

EENY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EENY answer page.

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EENY

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

• Counting-out word - used 75 times, most recently in 2019
• Start of a counting rhyme - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Start of a counting-out rhyme - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice word - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• "___, meeny ..." - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Start of a choosing rhyme - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Choosing word - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Counting-rhyme starter - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Start of a decision-making process - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Start of a children's rhyme - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• First to be counted - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "___, meeny, miney, moe..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Start of a count - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Start of a selection process - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Wee - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Otherwise - ELSE, used 1,353 times
• Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• Therefore - ERGO, used 684 times
• Gaelic - ERSE, used 679 times
• Raison d'___ - ETRE, used 658 times

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