Start of a magician's cry

The answer

ABRA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABRA answer page.

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ABRA

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABRA, most used first.

• "East of Eden" girl - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Start of a spell - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Start of an incantation - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Incantation opener - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ cadabra - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Magical opening - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Canyon mouth - used 12 times, most recently in 1995
• Incantation starter - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Incantation start - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Magician's opening - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Start of a magical incantation - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "East of Eden" heroine - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Magic-spell opener - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Start of a magic incantation - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Start of a magician's word - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Steinbeck siren - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Sty cry - OINK, used 174 times
• Auctioneer's cry - SOLD, used 105 times
• From the start - ANEW, used 96 times
• Dynamic start - AERO, used 94 times
• Flying start? - AERO, used 89 times
• Doll's cry - MAMA, used 77 times

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