West African nation
The crossword clue "West African nation" is answered by BENIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BENIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BENIN answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 4 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.
- BURKINAFASO (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for BENIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BENIN, most used first.
- Nigeria neighbor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Neighbor of Nigeria - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Country between Togo and Nigeria - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Dahomey, today - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Porto Novo is its capital - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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