Sooner

The answer

OKIE

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

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 6 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.

• OKLAHOMAN (8 uses in xd)
• EARLIER (4 uses in xd)
• ERE (2 uses in xd)
• ORLATER (2 uses in xd)
• FIRST (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OKIE

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

• Dust Bowl migrant - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• Steinbeck character - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
• Tom Joad, for one - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Tom Joad, e.g. - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• Dust Bowl refugee - used 36 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ From Muskogee" - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Depression-era migrant - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Steinbeck migrant - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Merle Haggard's "___ From Muskogee" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Grapes of Wrath" figure - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Migrant worker - used 21 times, most recently in 2005
• "The Grapes of Wrath" character - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Grapes of Wrath" migrant - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ dokie!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Dust Bowl figure - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• "The Grapes of Wrath" extra - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• "The Grapes of Wrath" type - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Dust Bowl denizen - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Dust bowl fugitive. - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• "___ From Muskogee" (Merle Haggard song) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Muskogee native - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Steinbeck figure - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• "Grapes of Wrath" character - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Migratory worker - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• 1930's migrant - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• 1930s migrant - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Any of the Joads - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "Grapes of Wrath" migrant - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Steinbeck's Tom Joad, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Dust Bowl victim - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Grapes of Wrath" figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Haggard's "__ from Muskogee" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pa Joad, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Sooner State city - ENID, used 36 times
• Sooner city - ENID, used 21 times
• Sooner St. - OKLA, used 12 times
• "Immediately, if not sooner" letters - ASAP, used 8 times
• Immediately, if not sooner - ASAP, used 7 times
• Sooner State native - OTOE, used 6 times

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