Pre-Columbian Peruvian

The answer

INCA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INCA answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• INCAN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for INCA

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

• Ancient Peruvian - used 202 times, most recently in 2026
• Ancient Andean - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Early Peruvian - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Machu Picchu builder - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Quechua speaker - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Machu Picchu resident - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuzco native - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Machu Picchu native - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Bygone Peruvian - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Peruvian Indian - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Quechuan - used 33 times, most recently in 2007
• Peruvian of yore - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Peruvian of old - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Machu Picchu dweller - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Andean of old - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Peruvian - used 25 times, most recently in 2005
• Peruvian native - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Victim of Pizarro - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Ancient South American - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Andean civilization - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
• Pizarro victim - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Erstwhile Peruvian - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• Atahualpa, for one - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Old Peruvian - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Peru native - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuzco Indian - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Ancient Andes native - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Early Andean - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Peruvian ancestor - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• 15th-century Peruvian - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Ancient Andes dweller - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Andean ancient - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Atahualpa was one - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Cuzco people - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuzco resident - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Native Peruvian - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Quechua - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Cuzco builder - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ Empire - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Past Peruvian - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• S. A. Indian - used 9 times, most recently in 1986
• Andes native - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Cuzco dweller - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cuzco dweller of old - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Early empire builder - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• South American Indian - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Cuzco inhabitant - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Empire conquered by Pizarro - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Foe of Pizarro - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Machu Picchu architect - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Peruvian empire builder - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Pizarro foe - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• South American empire of yore - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Worshipper of the sun god Inti - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Ancient Cuzco resident - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Ancient potato farmer - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Andean sun worshiper - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Andes autocrat - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Early South American - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "__ Gold" (Cussler novel) - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Old Andean - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• One in an old empire - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Quipu maker - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• Pre-owned - USED, used 145 times
• Pre-Easter period - LENT, used 80 times
• Peruvian capital - LIMA, used 31 times
• Pre-Easter season - LENT, used 27 times
• Pre-college exams - SATS, used 26 times
• Pre-euro currency - LIRA, used 25 times

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