The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OTOE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Plains tribe crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OTOE | 23 % | 4 |
| OTO | 23 % | 3 |
| OSAGE | 12 % | 5 |
| KIOWA | 7 % | 5 |
| OTOES | 7 % | 5 |
| CREE | 4 % | 4 |
| PAWNEE | 4 % | 6 |
| ARAPAHO | 4 % | 7 |
| OTOS | 3 % | 4 |
| OMAHA | 3 % | 5 |
| OSAGES | 3 % | 6 |
| PAWNEES | 1 % | 7 |
| ARIKARA | 1 % | 7 |
| IOWAS | 1 % | 5 |
| UTES | 1 % | 4 |
Why may OTO be the right solution?
The Otoe (also spelled Oto) tribe is a Native American Plains tribe that historically lived along the Missouri River in Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Plains tribe
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sioux
- cheyenne
- comanche
- blackfoot
- delaware
- penobscot
- sauk
- hopi
- kiowa
- ottawa
- mandan
- seneca
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 OTOE
- Nebraska native
- Oklahoma tribesman
- Siouan language speaker
- Amerind
- Siouan Indian
- Siouan-speaker
- Plains Indian
- Crossword Indian
- Native Nebraskan
- Western Indian
More clues leading to the result OTO
- Western native
- Platte Valley denizen
- Ear-related prefix
- Native Oklahoman
- Certain Oklahoman
- Palindromic Nebraskan natives
- Ear (prefix)
- Ear: Prefix
- Word form for "ear"
- Ear opening?
More clues leading to the result OSAGE
- Midwestern Amerind
- Oklahoma tribe
- Inedible orange
- River to the Missouri
- Missouri Amerindian
- Missouri tributary
- River through the Lake of the Ozarks
- Missouri river
- Orange variety
- Tributary of the Missouri River
More clues leading to the result KIOWA
- Plains Indians
- Tribe on an Oklahoma reservation
- Writer Momaday's tribe
- Plains tribe
- Plains tribesman
- Plains people
- Plains Indian
- Oklahoma tribe
- Great Plains tribe
- Southwest Native American
More clues leading to the result OTOES
- Native Oklahomans
- Great Plains folk
- Midwestern Indians
- Some siouan speakers
- Onetime Pawnee neighbors
- Osage relatives
- Siouan speakers
- Siouan people from Nebraska
- Siouan tribesmen
- Certain native Oklahomans
More clues leading to the result CREE
- Canadian native
- Saskatchewan native
- Algonquian
- Algonquin language
- Hudson Bay Indian
- Manitoba Indian
- Algonquian language
- Hero headquarters
- Manitoba tribesman
- Native Canadian
More clues leading to the result PAWNEE
- Plains tribesman
- "Parks & Recreation" town
- Plains Indian
- Fictional Indiana town where "Parks and Recreation" is set
- Native Oklahoman
- Setting for "Parks and Recreation"
- Platte River valley native
- Nebraska native
- Oklahoma tribe
- Fictional Indiana town in "Parks and Recreation"
More clues leading to the result ARAPAHO
- Algonquian language
- Great Plains natives
- Cheyenne ally
- Plains tribe
- Wyoming tribe
- Fox relative
- Algonquian speaker of the Colorado plains
- Cheyenne cousin
- Cheyenne ally of old
- Tribe allied with the Cheyenne
More clues leading to the result OTOS
- Nebraskan natives
- Siouan Indians
- Siouan-language speakers
- Native Americans
- Western Indians
- Former Platte River dwellers
- Plain folk?
- Siouan people
- Platte River people
- Some Siouan speakers
More clues leading to the result OMAHA
- Brando's birthplace
- Cornhusker State city
- D-Day beach
- Largest city in Nebraska
- Nebraska city
- Nebraskan native
- 1935 Triple Crown winner
- Where the Platte meets the Missouri
- City on the Missouri
- Native Nebraskan
More clues leading to the result OSAGES
- Siouan speakers
- Oklahoma Indians
- Oklahoma tribe members
- Onetime Missouri natives
- Bitter fruit
- Native Missourians
- Midwest Indians
- Bitter oranges
- Native Americans of Missouri
- Certain oranges
More clues leading to the result PAWNEES
- Platte River Valley peoples
- Plains tribesmen
- "Dances With Wolves" natives
- Midwest Indians
- Onetime Sioux enemies
- Enemies of the Cheyenne.
- North American Indians.
- Indians holding small chess pieces?
- Nebraska natives
- Plains tribe
More clues leading to the result ARIKARA
- Pawnee tribesman
- Native American
- Dakota Indian
- Dakota Indians
- N.D. Indian
- Indians of the Dakotas
- Dakota tribe that attacked "The Revenant" trappers
- Plains tribe
- Dakota tribe
More clues leading to the result IOWAS
- Midwest tribe
- Midwest Indians
- Siouans
- Siouan language tribespeople
- Winnebago descendants
- Midwest tribe members
- Midwestern Indians
- Midwest tribespeople
- Early Great Plains residents
- Native Americans of the Great Plains