Writer Wister
The crossword clue "Writer Wister" is answered by OWEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OWEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWEN answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OWEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWEN, most used first.
- Actor Wilson - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Author Wister - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
- "A Prayer for ___ Meany" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Virginian" author Wister - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
- Novelist Wister - used 27 times, most recently in 2014
- John Irving's "A Prayer for ___ Meany" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Wilson of "Wedding Crashers" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Wilson of "Midnight in Paris" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Actor Clive - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Luke Wilson's brother - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- "Closer" actor Clive - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Western writer Wister - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Wilson of "Starsky & Hutch" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Wilson of "Marley & Me" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Wilson of "Zoolander" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "A Prayer for ___ Meany" (John Irving novel) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Country singer Randy - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- English poet Wilfred ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Writer Wiesel - ELIE, used 231 times
- Writer Ferber - EDNA, used 117 times
- Writer Bombeck - ERMA, used 116 times
- Writer Rice - ANNE, used 100 times
- Writer Bagnold - ENID, used 88 times
- Writer Ephron - NORA, used 86 times
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