King ___

The answer

COBRA

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. 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.

• ALA (95 uses in xd)
• KONG (29 uses in xd)
• TUT (19 uses in xd)
• ERL (15 uses in xd)
• SIRE (8 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
• Deadly snake - used 13 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

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.

• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• "The March King" - SOUSA, used 95 times
• King with a golden touch - MIDAS, used 58 times
• King of Judea - HEROD, used 45 times
• "The King" - ELVIS, used 41 times
• Judean king - HEROD, used 37 times

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