The bad brother
The crossword clue "The bad brother" is answered by CAIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAIN answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAIN, most used first.
- Abel's brother - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- First son - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Brother of Abel - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Biblical brother - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- "Double Indemnity" author - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- First murderer - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Genesis son - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Son of Adam - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Eve's eldest - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- First born? - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Genesis brother - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
- Third person - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Abel's killer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Adam's eldest - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Am I my brother's keeper?" speaker - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Something to raise - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- First child - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- First felon - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Abel's assassin - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Dean of "Lois & Clark" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Firstborn son - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Son of Eve - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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