Niagara's source

The answer

ERIE

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

Used 23 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ERIE

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

• Pennsylvania port - used 345 times, most recently in 2026
• A Great Lake - used 316 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the Great Lakes - used 258 times, most recently in 2026
• Buffalo's lake - used 251 times, most recently in 2026
• Cleveland's lake - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
• Toledo's lake - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
• New York canal - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
• Great Lake - used 112 times, most recently in 2024
• Buffalo's county - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Canal of song - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of HOMES - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Pennsylvania city - used 73 times, most recently in 2022
• Shallowest Great Lake - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Great Lakes port - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Southernmost Great Lake - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Lake near Buffalo - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Ashtabula's lake - used 56 times, most recently in 2024
• Huron neighbor - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Sandusky's lake - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• One of HOMES - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Keystone State port - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Indian. - used 40 times, most recently in 1996
• Lake near Niagara Falls - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Clinton's canal - used 39 times, most recently in 2016
• The "E" in HOMES - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Canal - used 38 times, most recently in 2021
• Buffalo's Great Lake - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Border lake - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal" - used 31 times, most recently in 2017
• Lackawanna's lake - used 30 times, most recently in 2017
• Shallowest of the Great Lakes - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• War of 1812 port - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Great Lake with the shortest name - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Sal's canal - used 29 times, most recently in 2018
• The "E" of HOMES - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Buffalo's waterfront - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Cleveland's Great Lake - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Euclid's lake - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• New York's ___ Canal - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Spooky-sounding lake - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Lake or canal - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
• PA port - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
• Niagara River source - used 22 times, most recently in 2023

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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.

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• Sugar source - CANE, used 126 times
• Sugar source - BEET, used 100 times
• Fiber source - BRAN, used 84 times
• Source - ROOT, used 81 times

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