Playwright Joe
The crossword clue "Playwright Joe" is answered by ORTON, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORTON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORTON answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ORTON
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORTON, most used first.
- "Loot" playwright - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "What the Butler Saw" playwright - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- "Loot" playwright Joe - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" playwright - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- "Golden Boy" playwright - ODETS, used 92 times
- Playwright Chekhov - ANTON, used 87 times
- Playwright Fugard - ATHOL, used 73 times
- "Waiting for Lefty" playwright - ODETS, used 65 times
- Playwright Clifford - ODETS, used 56 times
- "Tiny Alice" playwright - ALBEE, used 56 times
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