Mother of Pearl
The crossword clue "Mother of Pearl" is answered by HESTER, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HESTER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HESTER answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 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.
- HESTERPRYNNE (1 uses in xd)
- IRIDESCENT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HESTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by HESTER, most used first.
- Hawthorne heroine. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Miss Prynne - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Galahad's mother - ELAINE, used 61 times
- Mother of Calcutta - TERESA, used 49 times
- Mother ___ - TERESA, used 46 times
- Mother Superior - ABBESS, used 30 times
- Mother of Dionysus - SEMELE, used 24 times
- Mother with a Nobel Prize - TERESA, used 21 times
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