Literary whaler

The answer

AHAB

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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.

• PEQUOD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AHAB

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

• "Moby-Dick" captain - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
• Melville captain - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Pequod captain - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Jezebel's husband - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Captain of the Pequod - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Moby Dick's pursuer - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Obsessed captain - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Ishmael's captain - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Pequod" skipper - used 32 times, most recently in 2012
• Starbuck's boss - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Queequeg's captain - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Fictional whaler - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Melville mariner - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Moby Dick pursuer - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Starbuck's captain - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Fictional captain - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Husband of Jezebel - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Gregory Peck role - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Melville character - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Captain of fiction - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Ishmael's skipper - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Jezebel's spouse. - used 12 times, most recently in 1998
• Moby Dick chaser - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Pequod's captain - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Captain in "Moby-Dick" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Captain with a whalebone leg - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Melville whaler - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Obsessed whaler - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Gregory Peck's "Moby Dick" role - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Literary captain - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Melville's captain - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Melville's obsessed captain - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Peck role - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Pequod's skipper - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Starbuck's superior - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Whaler of fiction - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• 1956 Peck role - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Ishmael's boss - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• King of Israel - used 8 times, most recently in 1976
• Melville monomaniac - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Moby-Dick" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Monomaniacal captain - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Pursuer of Moby Dick. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Role for Peck - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Melville's whaler - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Moby's pursuer - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Peck in "Moby Dick" - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Peglegged whaler - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Quaker captain of fiction - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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