Ill-fated Biblical brother
The crossword clue "Ill-fated Biblical brother" is answered by ABEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 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 23 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 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.
- Cain's brother - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Biblical brother - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Genesis brother - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Genesis shepherd - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Biblical shepherd - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Eve's second son - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Genesis son - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
- Genesis name - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Adam's second son - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Third man - used 32 times, most recently in 2018
- Actor Walter - used 31 times, most recently in 1985
- The third man - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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.
- Biblical garden - EDEN, used 236 times
- Biblical twin - ESAU, used 219 times
- Biblical preposition - UNTO, used 208 times
- Biblical paradise - EDEN, used 155 times
- Jacob's brother - ESAU, used 143 times
- Biblical weed - TARE, used 76 times
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