Cairo's waterway

The answer

NILE

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

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NILERIVER (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for NILE

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

• World's longest river - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Cairo's river - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade of green - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
• Khartoum's river - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Cleopatra's river - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Egyptian river - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Aswan's river - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• African river - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Luxor's river - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Green shade - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
• Longest river in the world - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Longest river - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Africa's longest river - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Blue" or "White" river - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Cleo's river - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
• Egypt's lifeline - used 18 times, most recently in 2009
• Egypt divider - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Lake Nasser feeder - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Mediterranean feeder - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Aswan Dam site - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• River through Egypt - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Egypt's main river - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Giza's river - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Memphis' river. - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• Aswan Dam river - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Christie's "Death on the ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• El Bahr - used 12 times, most recently in 1992
• Historic river. - used 12 times, most recently in 1978
• River through Sudan - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Blue or White - used 11 times, most recently in 1996
• Egypt's river - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• River in Egypt - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade of blue - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• "Aida" backdrop - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Lake Nasser site - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Memphis's river - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• River near the Sphinx - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Aswan Dam's river - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Longest African river - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Shade of green or blue - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• View from Memphis - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Where baby Moses was found - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "Aida" river - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Death on the __" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Long African river - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• River of Egypt - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• River through Cairo - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• River through Nubia - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• River to the Mediterranean - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• River with Blue and White tributaries - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Rosetta's river - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Shade of blue or green - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• White or Blue river - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• African flower? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Blue river - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Cleopatra" backdrop - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "Death on the ___" (Agatha Christie mystery) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Locale in a Christie title - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• River near the Pyramids - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• River past Memphis - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• River past Thebes - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Sudan divider - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Jewel of the ___" ("Romancing the Stone" sequel) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Where Cleo barged - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Where Moses floated - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Cairo's river - OHIO, used 11 times
• Charon's waterway - STYX, used 9 times
• Swiss waterway - AARE, used 8 times
• French waterway - OISE, used 7 times
• Belgian waterway - YSER, used 6 times

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