Big name in scat

The answer

ELLA

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

Used 33 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELLA

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

• Singer Fitzgerald - used 268 times, most recently in 2026
• First name in scat - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazzy Fitzgerald - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazz great Fitzgerald - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Raines - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
• Jazz legend Fitzgerald - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• First name in jazz - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Fitzgerald of jazz - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazz singer Fitzgerald - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• First lady of scat - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Ms. Fitzgerald - used 54 times, most recently in 2023
• Scat queen Fitzgerald - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• "First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Enchanted" girl in a 2004 film - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Noted first name in jazz - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Big rig - SEMI, used 251 times
• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
• Big fusses - ADOS, used 111 times
• "Scat!" - SHOO, used 95 times

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