"Rio ___."

The answer

RITA

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

Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 1988; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 1 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.

• GRANDE (20 uses in xd)
• DEORO (3 uses in xd)
• GRAE (1 uses in xd)
• PERIODPIECE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RITA

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

• Singer Coolidge - used 68 times, most recently in 2025
• Comic Rudner - used 67 times, most recently in 2022
• Actress Moreno - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Hayworth - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet Dove - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Meter maid of song - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• Beatles' meter maid - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
• EGOT winner Moreno - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Hayworth - used 22 times, most recently in 2000
• "Lovely" Beatles girl - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Moreno of "West Side Story" - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• The Beatles' meter maid - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Hayworth or Moreno - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer Ora - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Former U.S. Poet Laureate Dove - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Tequila cocktail, for short - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Moreno or Hayworth - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Tushingham - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Beatles meter maid - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Comedian Rudner - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Miss Hayworth. - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
• Moreno - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
• Novelist ___ Mae Brown - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Actress Gam. - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
• "Educating ___," 1983 film - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Girl's name. - used 9 times, most recently in 1967
• Oscar-winner Moreno - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Pinup Hayworth - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• British singer Ora - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Hayworth of "Gilda" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Lovely" meter maid in a Beatles song - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Mrs. Tom Hanks - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Ms. Hayworth - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Ms. Moreno - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "One Day at a Time" actress Moreno - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet laureate Dove - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Beatles girl with a "little white book" - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Canadian singer MacNeil - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Dove of poetry - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Former Poet Laureate Dove - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Hayworth of Hollywood - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Hayworth or Gam - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Meter maid in a Beatles song - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "West Side Story" actress Moreno - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Wilson or Coolidge - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Jack of "Rio Lobo" - ELAM, used 20 times
• "Rio __"; John Wayne film - LOBO, used 16 times
• Rio contents - AGUA, used 11 times
• "Blame __ Rio" - ITON, used 9 times
• Rio makeup? - AGUA, used 7 times

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