Great guy?

The answer

SCOTT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCOTT answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 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.

• JAYGATSBY (2 uses in xd)
• GATSBY (1 uses in xd)
• ONER (1 uses in xd)
• SALTOFTHEEARTH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SCOTT

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

• "Ivanhoe" author - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Composer Joplin - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Patton portrayer - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• "Great ___!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ivanhoe" novelist - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "Rob Roy" writer - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "Dilbert" creator Adams - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Ivanhoe" writer - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Rob Roy" author - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Sir Walter - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Francis __ Key - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Key's middle name - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• "Waverley" novelist - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Smart guy? - ALECK, used 70 times
• Fall guy - PATSY, used 61 times
• Golf great Sam - SNEAD, used 54 times
• Tennis great Monica - SELES, used 52 times
• Great time - BLAST, used 50 times
• Guy - FELLA, used 46 times

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