The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TERESA which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Mother ___ crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TERESA | 35 % | 6 |
| LODE | 21 % | 4 |
| EARTH | 7 % | 5 |
| NATURE | 6 % | 6 |
| HEN | 6 % | 3 |
| GOOSE | 4 % | 5 |
| EVE | 3 % | 3 |
| INLAW | 3 % | 5 |
| HUBBARD | 2 % | 7 |
| SHIP | 2 % | 4 |
| COUNTRY | 2 % | 7 |
| JONES | 2 % | 5 |
| TONGUE | 2 % | 6 |
| SUPERIOR | 1 % | 8 |
| TOBE | 1 % | 4 |
| OMINE | 1 % | 5 |
Why may HEN be the right solution?
In the phrase "Mother Hen", "Hen" refers to a female chicken who takes care of and protects her chicks. This phrase is commonly used to describe someone, usually a woman, who is overly protective of others.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mother ___
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- father
- overprotect
- sire
- generate
- bring forth
- get
- fuss
- beget
- engender
- female parent
- maternity
- maternal
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TERESA
- Mother ___ of Calcutta
- John Kerry's wife
- Brewer or Wright
- Mother of mercy
- 1979 Peace Nobelist
- Mother superior?
- Mother __
- Pop singer Brewer
- Mother with a Nobel Prize
- Soprano Stratas
More clues leading to the result LODE
- Prospector's prize
- Metallic deposit
- Supply of 35D
- Metalliferous ore
- Prospector's quest
- Vein
- Metalliferous vein
- Source of riches
- Miner's paydirt
- Sourdough's strike
More clues leading to the result EARTH
- Gettysburg Address ender
- Scorched-__ policy
- Soil
- The "Daily Planet's" planet
- Third rock from the sun?
- Center of our gravity
- Our world
- Planet
- Solar orbiter
- "The Blue Marble" subject
More clues leading to the result NATURE
- Basic trait
- Temperament
- Word before walk or worship
- Emerson work
- Complexion
- Mother __
- David Suzuki's "The ___ of Things"
- John Muir's interest
- Science periodical since 1869
- Sierra Club concern
More clues leading to the result HEN
- Biddy
- Layer
- __ fruit
- Female pheasant
- Ex-egg, perhaps
- Producer of 44A
- Soup maker?
- Coop biddy
- Female octopus
- Female lobster
More clues leading to the result GOOSE
- Honker
- When you're in trouble, it's cooked
- Pinch
- Bay off Labrador
- Zero, with 101 Down
- Down provider
- Quill supplier
- Skein member
- Foie gras source
- Golden-egg layer
More clues leading to the result EVE
- 12/31, e.g.
- A snake charmed her
- Arden of "Our Miss Brooks"
- Before time
- Cain raiser
- Night before
- Planning time
- Seth's mother
- She raised Cain
- Three-faced one of film
More clues leading to the result INLAW
- Certain relative
- Relative by marriage
- Acquired relative
- Relative through marriage
- Brother from another mother, perhaps?
- Spouse's sibling
- Relative
- Spouse's kin
- Hubby's dad, for one
- Kin by marriage
More clues leading to the result HUBBARD
- Dog owner of rhyme
- Winter squash.
- Kind of squash.
- Grid immortal or squash
- Mother ___
- Mother who had a bone to pick?
- 'Old Mother' with a bare cupboard
- "Battlefield Earth" author
- An old mother
More clues leading to the result SHIP
- "Shape up or __ out!"
- Send
- Titanic, for one
- Spacecraft
- Use FedEx, say
- Deck's location
- Dispatch
- Drop off at FedEx Office, perhaps
- Frigate, for one
- Swell vehicle?
More clues leading to the result COUNTRY
- Reba McEntire's genre
- Kind of club or music
- Rural area
- Canada or Mexico
- Part 2 of thought
- Music category
- Fatherland.
- Place to live.
- Place to rusticate
- Mother ___
More clues leading to the result JONES
- "From Here to Eternity" novelist
- Storied Casey
- "Animal Farm" farmer
- "Mother" of labor
- Sharp craving
- Addictive craving
- Archaeology professor of filmdom
- Buck or Chuck
- Smith's "Men in Black" costar
- Davy or Casey
More clues leading to the result TONGUE
- Deli meat offering
- Kebab meat
- Mouthful?
- Language
- Mouth organ?
- ___ twister
- Clapper
- Taste buds' place
- Play staccato, in a way
- Talking organ
More clues leading to the result SUPERIOR
- Better lake?
- View from 17-Across
- 3-Down's lake
- Above average
- Mother __
- A cut above, with "to"
- Boss
- Father of lakes.
- World's largest fresh-water lake.
- Duluth's water front.
More clues leading to the result TOBE
- Start of a Hamlet quote
- "Poltergeist" director Hooper
- Famous soliloquy start
- Hamlet beginning
- Start of a famous quote
- Start of a famous soliloquy
- Future: bride-___
- "It's good __ the king"
- Soliloquy start
- Start of Hamlet's famous speech