First American orbiter
The crossword clue "First American orbiter" is answered by GLENN, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GLENN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLENN answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; 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.
- JOHNGLENN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GLENN
Every other clue in this collection answered by GLENN, most used first.
- Actress Close - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Astronaut John - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- First American in orbit - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- First American to orbit Earth - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Friendship 7 astronaut - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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