First victim
The crossword clue "First victim" is answered by ABEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 131 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 15 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 131 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 15 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 pilot answered by ABEL, most used first.
- Cain's brother - used 144 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.
- First place - EDEN, used 215 times
- First-class - AONE, used 143 times
- First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
- Jacob's first wife - LEAH, used 126 times
- First person - ADAM, used 94 times
- First name in jazz - ELLA, used 79 times
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