Egypt's river

The answer

NILE

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Cairo's waterway - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• 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
• 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.

• Russian river - URAL, used 294 times
• Swiss river - AARE, used 265 times
• Florence's river - ARNO, used 249 times
• Belgian river - YSER, used 199 times
• Stratford's river - AVON, used 175 times
• Shakespeare's river - AVON, used 138 times

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