Garfield's predecessor
The crossword clue "Garfield's predecessor" is answered by HAYES, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HAYES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HAYES answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HAYES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HAYES, most used first.
- Grant's successor - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- 19th president - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- President after Grant - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- 19th U.S. president - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Rutherford B. ____ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Rutherford or Helen - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Garfield's middle name - ABRAM, used 43 times
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- Windows predecessor - MSDOS, used 33 times
- President Garfield's middle name - ABRAM, used 28 times
- Jackie's predecessor - MAMIE, used 27 times
- Polk's predecessor - TYLER, used 21 times
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