Characteristic carrier
The crossword clue "Characteristic carrier" is answered by GENE, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
GENE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GENE answer page.
Used 31 times across 16 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.
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Other clues for GENE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GENE, most used first.
- Heredity unit - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Trait carrier - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
- Hereditary unit - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Chromosome part - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Trait transmitter - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor Hackman - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Unit of heredity - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Chromosome component - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of heredity - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Mideast carrier - ELAL, used 79 times
- Cafeteria carrier - TRAY, used 61 times
- Israeli carrier - ELAL, used 55 times
- Carrier to Tel Aviv - ELAL, used 43 times
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