Bess's successor

The answer

MAMIE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAMIE answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MAMIE

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

• Jackie's predecessor - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Mrs. Eisenhower - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Dwight's wife - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Ike's wife - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• First lady before Jackie - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• '50s first lady - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• 1950s First Lady - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• First lady between Bess and Jackie - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• First lady Eisenhower - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• She liked Ike - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Van Doren - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Ike's mate - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• First lady after Bess - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Former First Lady - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Ike's lady - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Nasser's successor - SADAT, used 60 times
• O'Connor's successor - ALITO, used 42 times
• Grant's successor - HAYES, used 35 times
• Arafat's successor - ABBAS, used 28 times
• Boutros-Ghali's successor - ANNAN, used 24 times
• Hubert's successor - SPIRO, used 24 times

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