Soul singer Franklin

The answer

ERMA

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 5 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.

• ARETHA (17 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERMA

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

• Humorist Bombeck - used 304 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Bombeck - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Columnist Bombeck - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Witty Bombeck - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Ms. Bombeck - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Author Bombeck - used 49 times, most recently in 2018
• Funny Bombeck - used 42 times, most recently in 2023
• First name in humor - used 35 times, most recently in 2015
• Bombeck - used 30 times, most recently in 1999
• Girl's name. - used 27 times, most recently in 1973
• Gospel singer Franklin - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Humor writer Bombeck - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "At Wit's End" author Bombeck - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Aunt with a "Cope Book" - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• Wry Bombeck - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Humorous Bombeck - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• "Cope Book" aunt - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Late humorist Bombeck - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "At Wit's End" writer Bombeck - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• First name in household humor - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• First name in wit - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Singer Franklin - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Piece of My Heart" singer Franklin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Wit Bombeck - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• "Cope Book" name - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Journalist Bombeck - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• "At Wit's End" columnist Bombeck - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bombeck of "At Wit's End" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Bombeck of humor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Bombeck who wrote "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorable writer Bombeck - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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• "Smooth Operator" singer - SADE, used 192 times

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