Gossipy woman

The answer

YENTA

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

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for YENTA

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

• Busybody - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Gossip - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Gossipy sort - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Gossipmonger - used 29 times, most recently in 2017
• Buttinsky - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Meddler - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Gossip spreader - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Gossipy gal - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Meddlesome sort - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Rumormonger - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Gossipy person - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Blabbermouth - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Gossipy type - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Nosy Parker - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Fiddler on the Roof" role - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Meddlesome gossip - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Meddlesome type - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Quidnunc - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

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• Like an old woman - ANILE, used 27 times
• Dickinson of "Police Woman" - ANGIE, used 25 times
• "I Am Woman" singer - REDDY, used 22 times
• "There was ___ woman . . . " - ANOLD, used 18 times
• Woman of letters? - VANNA, used 18 times

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