Basketball player
The crossword clue "Basketball player" is answered by CAGER, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1953. 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
CAGER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAGER answer page.
Used 18 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 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.
- CGER (1 uses in xd)
- HOOPSTER (1 uses in xd)
- JOHNSTOCKTON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CAGER
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAGER, most used first.
- Hoopster - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Basketball player, in old slang - used 7 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.
- Houston player - ASTRO, used 107 times
- Buffalo hockey player - SABRE, used 55 times
- Edmonton hockey player - OILER, used 53 times
- Role player - ACTOR, used 53 times
- Texas player - ASTRO, used 50 times
- San Diego player - PADRE, used 39 times
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