Deadly snake

The answer

COBRA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COBRA answer page.

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 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.

• VIPER (15 uses in xd)
• ASP (11 uses in xd)
• ADDER (8 uses in xd)
• BOA (8 uses in xd)
• KRAIT (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for COBRA

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

• Hooded snake - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Snake charmer's snake - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Snake with a hood - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Army attack helicopter - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Snake - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Charmer's snake - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Mongoose foe - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Venomous snake - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Charmed animal? - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Hooded serpent - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hooded slitherer - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• King ___ - 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.

• Deadly - FATAL, used 105 times
• Venomous snake - ADDER, used 57 times
• Snake poison - VENOM, used 39 times
• A deadly sin - SLOTH, used 29 times
• Deadly African snake - MAMBA, used 29 times
• Deadly virus - EBOLA, used 28 times

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