Virus named for a river
The crossword clue "Virus named for a river" is answered by EBOLA, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EBOLA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EBOLA answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EBOLA
Every other clue in this collection answered by EBOLA, most used first.
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- "The Hot Zone" virus - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- African virus - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
- Deadly African virus - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Virus in 2014 news - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Virus named for an African river - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Infamous virus - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Dangerous virus - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Hot Zone" subject - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- Grenoble's river - ISERE, used 143 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- France's longest river - LOIRE, used 114 times
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