How many letters does the top answer for “wrote the hobbit” have?

The most common answer is huston (6 letters).

Crossword clue: wrote the hobbit

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

huston 6 letters wd-fact-v3

United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987)

tolkien 7 letters wd-fact-v3

British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)

wrote 1q84 50% similar → murakami

wrote 2666 50% similar → bolano

wrote 4 3 2 1 50% similar → auster

wrote q11368 50% similar → kernighan, ritchie

wrote q13415681 50% similar → hamill

wrote q134773 50% similar → zemeckis

wrote q1457000 50% similar → knuth

wrote q16276 50% similar → roddenberry