River to the Gulf of Guinea

The answer

NIGER

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NIGER

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

• Neighbor of Chad - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• African river. - used 21 times, most recently in 2012
• Chad neighbor - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Mali neighbor - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• African nation - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Africa's third-longest river - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Niamey's nation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• African republic - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Neighbor of Mali - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Niamey is its capital - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• River of Africa - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• African river or country - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Algeria neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Its capital is Niamey - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• West African river - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
• Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times

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