Big Ten team

The answer

IOWA

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1969. 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.

• ILLINI (20 uses in xd)
• OHIOSTATE (3 uses in xd)
• HOOSIERS (1 uses in xd)
• MNGOPHERS (1 uses in xd)
• OSU (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IOWA

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

• Corn Belt state - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
• Hawkeye State - used 81 times, most recently in 2024
• Des Moines' state - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• The Hawkeye State - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Music Man" setting - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Midwest state - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
• "Field of Dreams" setting - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Hawkeye's home - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Caucus state - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Nebraska neighbor - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Hawkeyes' home - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Sioux City's state - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• "Field of Dreams" state - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Dubuque's state - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Where Des Moines is - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Bridges of Madison County" state - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Presidential caucus state - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Cedar Rapids' state - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of the Corn Belt - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Davenport's state - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Big Ten school - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Des Moines's state - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of the Louisiana Purchase - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Bridges of Madison County" setting - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Missouri neighbor - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Field of Dreams" locale - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Herbert Hoover's birthplace - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Illinois neighbor - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Midwestern state - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• "State Fair" state - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• The Hawkeyes of college sports - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ames' state - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Corn country - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Davenport setting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Davenport site - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Home of the Hawkeyes - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Sioux City site - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "State Fair" setting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• State north of Missouri - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Music Man" locale - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• 29th state - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Corn-growing state - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Neighbor of Missouri - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Ottumwa's state - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• The 29th state - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "The Music Man" state - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Buffalo Bill's birthplace - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• John Wayne's birthplace - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Neighbor of Illinois - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sioux City state - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Skunk River state - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• State south of Minnesota - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Waterloo setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Where Dubuque is - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Council Bluffs locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Home of the NCAA's Hawkeyes - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Minnesota neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• The Hawkeyes of the Big Ten - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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