One of the friends on "Friends"

The answer

ROSS

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. 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.

• PHOEBE (6 uses in xd)
• MONICA (4 uses in xd)
• RACHEL (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ROSS

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

• Antarctic sea - used 44 times, most recently in 2018
• "Friends" friend - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Diana of the Supremes - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Diana - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• "Friends" character - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Flagmaker Betsy - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Betsy or Diana - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Monica's brother on "Friends" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Seamstress Betsy - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Flag creator - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Flag maker Betsy - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Supreme leader? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Friends" role - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Supreme Diana - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Colonial seamstress - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• "Lady Sings the Blues" star - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Sea in Antarctica - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• "I'm Coming Out" singer Diana - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Joy of Painting" host Bob - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Antarctica's ___ Sea - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Diana or Betsy - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• "Friends" paleontologist - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• H. __ Perot - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Noted seamstress - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Betsy of flag fame - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• One of TV's "Friends" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• The New Yorker founder Harold - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Antarctica's ___ Ice Shelf - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Black-ish" star Tracee Ellis ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Clooney's "ER" role - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "Friends" guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Katharine of "The Graduate" - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Rapper Rick - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sea of Antarctica - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Supremes singer Diana - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• 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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