State north of Missouri

The answer

IOWA

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• "The Music Man" locale - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• 29th state - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Big Ten team - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• 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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• State firmly - AVER, used 113 times
• French state - ETAT, used 111 times

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