Moby Dick pursuer

The answer

AHAB

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

Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 8 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.

• WHALER (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

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.

• Dick Tracy's love - TESS, used 54 times
• Mrs. Dick Tracy - TESS, used 54 times
• Dick and Jane's dog - SPOT, used 45 times
• "___ Dick" - MOBY, used 36 times
• Dick Tracy's wife - TESS, used 23 times
• Tom, Dick or Harry - NAME, used 22 times

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