Bush's successor

The answer

OBAMA

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

Used 19 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OBAMA

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

• 44th president - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• "Becoming" author Michelle - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Audacity of Hope" author - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Barack or Michelle - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• 2009 Peace Nobelist - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "44" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Michelle Robinson's married name - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bush successor - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• President from 2009-2017 - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• President in 2015 - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• President born in Hawaii - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Malia or Sasha - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Michelle or Malia - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Dreams From My Father" author - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Becoming" memoirist Michelle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sasha or Malia - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "A Promised Land" memoirist - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Becoming" memoirist - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Dreams From My Father" memoirist - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• First president with a Twitter account - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Former Illinois Senator - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Michelle who wrote "Becoming" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• President with two Grammys - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• 44th U.S. president - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Biden's boss - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Illinois senator - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Illinois senator Barack __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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• 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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