Genetic variant
The crossword clue "Genetic variant" is answered by ALLELE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLELE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLELE answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ALLELE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLELE, most used first.
- Gene variant - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Mutated gene - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Cause of hereditary variation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- One of a gene pair - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Genetic copies - CLONES, used 12 times
- Genetic duplicates - CLONES, used 8 times
- Poker variant - HOLDEM, used 6 times
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