Husband or wife
The crossword clue "Husband or wife" is answered by MATE, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MATE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MATE answer page.
Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 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.
- PARTNER (2 uses in xd)
- HELPMATE (1 uses in xd)
- NOTASINGLEONE (1 uses in xd)
- OTHERHALF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MATE, most used first.
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.
- Wife of Zeus - HERA, used 209 times
- Wife of Jacob - LEAH, used 139 times
- Jacob's first wife - LEAH, used 126 times
- Wife of Osiris - ISIS, used 106 times
- Geraint's wife - ENID, used 92 times
- Rajah's wife - RANI, used 92 times
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