Tortoise's opponent
The crossword clue "Tortoise's opponent" is answered by HARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HARE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HARE answer page.
Used 30 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HARE, most used first.
- Rabbit relative - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Tortoise's rival - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Fabled loser - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Fabled race loser - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Aesopian also-ran - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Long-eared hopper - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Fast runner - used 28 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.
- Matador's opponent - TORO, used 33 times
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