Adam's second son
The crossword clue "Adam's second son" is answered by ABEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ABEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABEL answer page.
Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABEL, most used first.
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- Biblical shepherd - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Eve's second son - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Second son - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Fourth person - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- First shepherd - used 34 times, most recently in 2020
- Third man - used 32 times, most recently in 2018
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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.
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- Adam's grandson - ENOS, used 120 times
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