Cooke of soul

The answer

SAM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAM answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SAM

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

• America's uncle - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• "Casablanca" pianist - used 65 times, most recently in 2024
• Muppet eagle - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncle ___ - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Frodo's friend - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cheers" bartender - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Friend of Frodo - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Sleuth Spade - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Houston of Texas - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
• "Stay With Me" singer Smith - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Patriotic uncle - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Rick's pianist - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "You Send Me" singer Cooke - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Waterston - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• American Uncle - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Newsman Donaldson - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Singer Cooke - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Browne belt. - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• "Cheers" barkeep - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Texas's Houston - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Froot Loops toucan - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Golfer Snead - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Grace and Frankie" actor Waterston - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Playwright Shepard - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Uncle of note - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Walton of Wal-Mart - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Yosemite ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Elliott - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cheers" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Finger-pointing "Uncle" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Houston - used 9 times, most recently in 1981
• "I Want You" uncle - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Pianist at Rick's - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Ted's "Cheers" role - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• U.S. missile - used 9 times, most recently in 1990
• Wal-Mart founder Walton - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "As Time Goes By" singer in "Casablanca" - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Detective Spade - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Famous uncle - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Singer Smith - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Cheers" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Houston, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• ___-I-Am - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• National uncle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Play It Again, ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Quarterback Darnold - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Speaker Rayburn. - used 7 times, most recently in 1956
• Ted's role on "Cheers" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Walton of Walmart - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Actor Neill - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Brewer Adams - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Pal of Frodo - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Muppet Show" eagle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• U.S. "Uncle" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Waterston of "Law & Order" - 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.

• Soul: Fr. - AME, used 85 times
• French soul - AME, used 51 times
• Long of "Soul Food" - NIA, used 48 times
• Soul, to Sartre - AME, used 45 times
• Soul: French. - AME, used 27 times
• Soul seller - KIA, used 25 times

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