Book of the Bible

The answer

HOSEA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOSEA answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 2 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.

• ACTS (36 uses in xd)
• AMOS (15 uses in xd)
• EZRA (8 uses in xd)
• RUTH (6 uses in xd)
• GENESIS (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for HOSEA

Every other clue in this collection answered by HOSEA, most used first.

• Book after Daniel - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Book before Joel - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Old Testament book - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• Old Testament prophet - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical prophet - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Hebrew prophet - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Book between Daniel and Joel - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Bible book - used 10 times, most recently in 2004
• Minor prophet - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Biblical book - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• First of the Minor Prophets - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• O.T. book - used 7 times, most recently in 1982

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Book of maps - ATLAS, used 317 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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