Frenchman's name.

The answer

RENE

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

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 2 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.

• ELIE (4 uses in xd)
• RAOUL (2 uses in xd)
• ALAIN (1 uses in xd)
• ANTOINE (1 uses in xd)
• ETIENNE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RENE

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

• Philosopher Descartes - used 240 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Russo - used 208 times, most recently in 2026
• Painter Magritte - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
• Artist Magritte - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Surrealist Magritte - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Descartes - used 78 times, most recently in 2005
• Lacoste of tennis - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• Actor Auberjonois - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Thinker Descartes - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Russo of "Ransom" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• M. Descartes - used 45 times, most recently in 2020
• Director Clair - used 44 times, most recently in 2018
• Russo of "Get Shorty" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• M. Coty. - used 30 times, most recently in 1997
• Russo of "Tin Cup" - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Descartes or Magritte - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Jeweler Lalique - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Peace Nobelist Cassin - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Russo of "The Intern" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Mathematician Descartes - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Russo of "Outbreak" - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• Russo of "The Thomas Crown Affair" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Gallic name. - used 16 times, most recently in 1971
• It's put before Descartes - used 15 times, most recently in 2012
• Name meaning "born again" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• President Coty. - used 14 times, most recently in 2001
• Coty - used 13 times, most recently in 1998
• France's Coty - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• French director Clair - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• French jeweler Lalique - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Glassmaker Lalique - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Russo of Hollywood - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Coty of France - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Russo of "Thor" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Surrealist painter Magritte - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• French name. - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
• "Get Shorty" actress Russo - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis great Lacoste - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Thor" actress Russo - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• M. Pleven. - used 9 times, most recently in 1957
• Russo of film - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Russo of "In the Line of Fire" - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• 1968 Peace Nobelist Cassin - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Clair or Coty - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
• Coty or Clair - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Russo of "Nightcrawler" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Descartes or Russo - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Descartes who said, "I think, therefore I am" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Magritte or Descartes - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "Nightcrawler" actress Russo - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Son of Man" painter Magritte - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Coty or Cassin - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Descartes or Coty - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Descartes who wrote "Cogito ergo sum" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Film director Clair - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Former French president Coty - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "In the Line of Fire" actress Russo - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• M. Magritte - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Monsieur Magritte - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pierce's co-star in "The Thomas Crown Affair" - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Tennis's Lacoste - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
• Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
• First name in mysteries - ERLE, used 94 times
• Lamb's pen name - ELIA, used 84 times

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