Illinois senator

The answer

OBAMA

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• DOUGLAS (1 uses in xd)
• PERCY (1 uses in xd)

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
• Bush's successor - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• 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 Barack __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Senator Hatch - ORRIN, used 64 times
• Senator Kefauver - ESTES, used 45 times
• Senator Thurmond - STROM, used 40 times
• Illinois city - ALTON, used 33 times
• Senator Specter - ARLEN, used 29 times
• Senator Lott - TRENT, used 28 times

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