Mathematician Descartes

The answer

RENE

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

Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Russo of "Outbreak" - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• Russo of "The Thomas Crown Affair" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Frenchman's name. - used 16 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

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.

• Mathematician Turing - ALAN, used 64 times
• Therefore, to Descartes - ERGO, used 24 times
• "Cogito, ___ sum": Descartes - ERGO, used 14 times
• Descartes quote word - ERGO, used 8 times

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