Scarlett's mother

The answer

ELLEN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELLEN answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 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.

• ELLENOHARA (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELLEN

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

• Actress Burstyn - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• TV's DeGeneres - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Barkin - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Barkin or Burstyn - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Glasgow - used 30 times, most recently in 2007
• Comic DeGeneres - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Actress Pompeo - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Terry - used 22 times, most recently in 1995
• Page of "Juno" - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Oscar winner Burstyn - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Columnist Goodman - used 14 times, most recently in 2008
• Astronaut Ochoa - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Burstyn or Barkin - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Talk show host DeGeneres - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• TV host DeGeneres - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Comedienne DeGeneres - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• First name in TV talk - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Scott heroine. - used 9 times, most recently in 1985
• 1990s sitcom - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• DeGeneres sitcom - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Funny DeGeneres - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Lochinvar's lady. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
• Writer Glasgow - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Corby of "The Waltons" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Ms. DeGeneres - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Terry - used 7 times, most recently in 1972
• The "Lady of the Lake." - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• '90s sitcom - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Actress Page of "Juno" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Burstyn of "The Exorcist" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• DeGeneres or Barkin - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "Grey's Anatomy" actress Pompeo - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Grey's Anatomy" star Pompeo - used 6 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.

• Mother-of-pearl - NACRE, used 327 times
• Ruth's mother-in-law - NAOMI, used 87 times
• Mother of Perseus - DANAE, used 60 times
• Scarlett's last name - OHARA, used 35 times
• Isaac's mother - SARAH, used 26 times
• "Family Ties" mother - ELYSE, used 25 times

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