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

The most common answer is chekhov (7 letters).

Crossword clue: wrote the seagull

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

chekhov 7 letters wd-fact-v3

Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)

wrote 1q84 50% similar → murakami

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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

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