Cain's brother
The crossword clue "Cain's brother" is answered by ABEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 144 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ABEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABEL answer page.
Used 144 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- SETH (14 uses in xd)
Other clues for ABEL
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ABEL, most used first.
- First victim - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Cain's victim - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Brother of Cain - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Genesis victim - used 102 times, most recently in 2025
- Explorer Tasman - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Jacob's brother - ESAU, used 143 times
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