Portuguese explorer
The crossword clue "Portuguese explorer" is answered by DIAS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1956. 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
DIAS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIAS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 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.
- MAGELLAN (3 uses in xd)
- VASCODAGAMA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for DIAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIAS, most used first.
- "Buenos ___" - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Cape of Good Hope discoverer - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- "Buenos ___!" ("Good day!") - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Explorer Tasman - ABEL, used 94 times
- Explorer Hernando de __ - SOTO, used 45 times
- Explorer Vasco da __ - GAMA, used 39 times
- TV explorer - DORA, used 38 times
- Nickelodeon's "Explorer" - DORA, used 35 times
- Cartoon explorer - DORA, used 34 times
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