"The Orphan Master's Son" novelist Johnson

The answer

ADAM

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• "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
• Man's name. - used 7 times, most recently in 1969
• 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Son of Seth - ENOS, used 346 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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