Ali who said "Open sesame!"

The answer

BABA

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BABA

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

• Rum cake - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Ali ___ - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Rum-soaked cake - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ au rhum - used 42 times, most recently in 2019
• "Ali ___ and the Forty Thieves" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Cake with a kick - used 26 times, most recently in 2017
• ___ ghanoush - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves" - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ ghanouj - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Rummy cake - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• The Who's "___ O'Riley" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Raisin rum cake - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Spongy cake - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Rum-laced cake - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• "___ O'Riley" - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Ali of "The Arabian Nights" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ ghanouj (eggplant dish) - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Spiked cake - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Slightly open - AJAR, used 322 times
• "You said it!" - AMEN, used 257 times
• Open a bit - AJAR, used 84 times
• Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
• Partly open - AJAR, used 75 times
• Open space - AREA, used 70 times

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