The scarlet letter
The crossword clue "The scarlet letter" is answered by REDA, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REDA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REDA answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REDA
Every other clue in this collection answered by REDA, most used first.
- Hester Prynne's stigma - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Prynne's stigma - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- "The Scarlet Letter" letter - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
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- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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