Man's name.

The answer

ADAM

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1969; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 1 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 collection link to their own answer page.

• IRA (54 uses in xd)
• EMIL (40 uses in xd)
• ERLE (22 uses in xd)
• ENOS (18 uses in xd)
• EVAN (17 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADAM

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

• Economist Smith - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• First person - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Leading man? - used 80 times, most recently in 2025
• First of all - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
• First man - used 51 times, most recently in 2023
• Genesis name - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden evictee - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Eve's mate - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Sandler - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Eve's man - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Furniture style - used 35 times, most recently in 1992
• Sixth-day creation - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden resident - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• First mate? - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Cain's father - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• First name? - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• West of "Batman" - used 25 times, most recently in 2020
• Genesis man - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "Madam, I'm ___" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Bede - used 23 times, most recently in 1998
• Eve's partner - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Actor West - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• First father - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• "Bonanza" brother - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Comic Sandler - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Eliot's Bede - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Fall guy? - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Cain raiser - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Early man - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Eve's husband - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Maroon 5 lead singer Levine - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Style of furniture. - used 18 times, most recently in 1989
• Comedian Sandler - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden dweller - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• NBA commissioner Silver - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Driver - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• One who raised Cain - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Singer Lambert - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sistine Chapel ceiling figure - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Abel's dad - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Arkin - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Cain's dad - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Genesis figure - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Sistine Chapel figure - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• First family member - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• He raised Cain - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Levine of Maroon 5 - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• West of Hollywood - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Eve's spouse - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Paradise Lost" character - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ Bede" (George Eliot novel) - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• First husband - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• First lady's man - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Garden party? - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Genesis gent - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• One of the Smiths. - used 11 times, most recently in 1987
• West or Sandler - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Eden guy - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sandler of "Big Daddy" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Seth's father - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Sistine ceiling figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Abel's father - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Arkin of "Chicago Hope" - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• "Batman" actor West - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Father of Cain and Abel - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• First of billions - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Guy in Eden - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Marriage Story" Oscar nominee Driver - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Rodin sculpture - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Singer Levine of Maroon 5 - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Alan Arkin's son - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Driver in Hollywood - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Eden exile - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• First gardener - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• First grandfather - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Garden of Eden guy - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Genesis patriarch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Not know from ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Orphan Master's Son" novelist Johnson - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "American Idol" runner-up Lambert - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical name. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• Early fruit fancier - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Father of Seth - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• First among men - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Noted bone donor - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Rib donor - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Rocker Ant - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Sandler of "The Wedding Singer" - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Savage of "MythBusters" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer Levine - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• West who played Batman - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Batman portrayer West - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Bede of fiction - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Early evictee - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Early exile - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Eve's guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• First man in the Bible - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• First of men - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Grandfather of Enos - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Levine of "The Voice" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Man in a garden - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• One of the Ponderosa boys - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Ponderosa son - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Race starter? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Sandler of films - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Sandler of "Happy Gilmore" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Voice" judge Levine - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• __ West - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Whataya Want from Me" singer Lambert - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
• Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
• First name in mysteries - ERLE, used 94 times
• Lamb's pen name - ELIA, used 84 times

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