Root.
The crossword clue "Root." is answered by ELIHU, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1980; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELIHU
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELIHU answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1980; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ELIHU
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELIHU, most used first.
- Root or Yale - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Statesman Root - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Philanthropist Yale - used 30 times, most recently in 2017
- Yale or Root - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Yale of Yale University - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Mr. Yale - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Peace Nobelist Root - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
- Nobelist Root - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Yale of Yale - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Root of diplomacy - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Friend of Job - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- College benefactor Yale - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Yale - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- 1912 Nobelist Root - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Diplomat Root - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Benefactor Yale - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Root - 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.
- Fragrant root - ORRIS, used 16 times
- Root used in perfumery - ORRIS, used 13 times
- Red root vegetables - BEETS, used 11 times
- Root beer brand - AANDW, used 11 times
- Take root - SETIN, used 10 times
- Root (for) - CHEER, used 9 times
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