How many letters does the top answer for “director of the wife” have?

The most common answer is close (5 letters).

Crossword clue: director of the wife

1 answer found in Letterora's clue database (Wikidata facts, Open Trivia DB, WordNet and Webster definitions — all licensed sources).

close 5 letters wd-fact-v3

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

director of the baker's wife 67% similar → pagnol

director of 9-1-1 50% similar → bassett

director of 90210 50% similar → grimes

director of her 50% similar → phoenix

director of q13415681 50% similar → hamill

director of q20856802 50% similar → gosling

director of q23685878 50% similar → levi

director of q60102 50% similar → adlon, shalhoub