King of Thebes
The crossword clue "King of Thebes" is answered by CREON, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. 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
CREON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREON answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CREON
Every other clue in this collection answered by CREON, most used first.
- Antigone's uncle - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Legendary king of Thebes - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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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