Source of the Mississippi
The crossword clue "Source of the Mississippi" is answered by ITASCA, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ITASCA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ITASCA answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 5 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.
- LAKEITASCA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ITASCA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ITASCA, most used first.
- Lake source of the Mississippi - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Minnesota lake - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Mississippi River source - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Mississippi source - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Lake that's the source of the Mississippi - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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