Lucy's friend

The answer

ETHEL

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ETHEL

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

• Lucy's landlady - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Lucy's pal - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the Barrymores - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer Merman - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Merman - used 24 times, most recently in 1997
• One of the Kennedys - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• A Barrymore - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Waters or Merman - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• A Kennedy - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Mrs. Mertz - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• "I Love Lucy" landlady - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Lucy's neighbor - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Merman or Waters - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "I Love Lucy" role - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Lucy's sidekick - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• "I Love Lucy" neighbor - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Lucy's best friend - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Merman of Broadway - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Singer Waters - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Waters of jazz - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "I Love Lucy" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Lucy's TV friend - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Miss Waters. - used 7 times, most recently in 1975
• Lucy's pal on "I Love Lucy" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Merman or Kennedy - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Name meaning "noble" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Ricky's landlady - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• As a friend: Fr. - ENAMI, used 41 times
• Spanish friend - AMIGO, used 33 times
• Friend of D'Artagnan - ATHOS, used 31 times
• Kukla's friend - OLLIE, used 26 times
• Female friend, in Spanish - AMIGA, used 24 times
• Friend, in Spanish - AMIGO, used 23 times

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