Better half
The crossword clue "Better half" is answered by SPOUSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPOUSE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPOUSE answer page.
Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SPOUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPOUSE, most used first.
- Husband or wife - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Mate - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- Not a single person - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Joint-account holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Other half - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Partner in marriage - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Helpmate - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Like better - PREFER, used 56 times
- Better ventilated - AIRIER, used 28 times
- Cut in half - BISECT, used 20 times
- Changes for the better - AMENDS, used 19 times
- Be half-asleep - DROWSE, used 14 times
- Old enough to know better - MATURE, used 14 times
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