Wit Bombeck

The answer

ERMA

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• "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
• Soul singer Franklin - 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.

• Bit of wit - QUIP, used 10 times
• Pungent wit - SALT, used 9 times
• Bits of wit - PUNS, used 7 times
• Wit - SALT, used 7 times
• Biting, as wit - ACID, used 6 times
• Wit - CARD, used 6 times

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