"American Idol" judge
The crossword clue ""American Idol" judge" is answered by ABDUL, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABDUL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABDUL answer page.
Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 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.
- COWELL (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABDUL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABDUL, most used first.
- Kareem __-Jabbar - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Pop singer Paula - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Singer Paula - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Paula of pop - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- "Straight Up" singer - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- "Straight Up" singer Paula - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Former "American Idol" judge Paula - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Paula of "American Idol" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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