Ship of Columbus

The answer

NINA

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

Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.

• PINTA (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for NINA

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

• Ship of 1492 - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Simone - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• 1492 vessel - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazz singer Simone - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• 1492 ship - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• One of Columbus' ships - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Foch - used 35 times, most recently in 2021
• Historic caravel - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Pinta's companion - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• One of Columbus's ships - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• "I Put a Spell on You" singer Simone - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic ship - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• NPR's Totenberg - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Designer Ricci - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Ricci of fashion - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Simone of jazz - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Totenberg of NPR - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• 1492 caravel - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Santa Maria companion - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• 1492 ship of note - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Caravel of 1492. - used 9 times, most recently in 1994
• Fashion designer Ricci - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• O'Neill heroine. - used 9 times, most recently in 1984
• Singing Simone - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hirschfeld's daughter - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• One of a 1492 trio - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Pinta's sister ship - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Project Runway" judge Garcia - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Strange Interlude" heroine - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
• "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" singer Simone - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• 1492 trio member - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• 15th-century caravel - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Miss Foch - used 7 times, most recently in 1979
• One of a Columbus trio - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• One of Columbus' three ships - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Simone of song - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Spanish girl - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Columbus caravel - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• "Feeling Good" singer Simone - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Notable caravel - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• One of a 15th-century trio - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• One of Columbus' three - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Ship under Columbus - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "Sinnerman" singer Simone - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Vampire Diaries" actress Dobrev - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Vessel of 1492 - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Jason's ship - ARGO, used 450 times
• Golden Fleece ship - ARGO, used 97 times
• Ship wood - TEAK, used 46 times
• Mythical ship - ARGO, used 44 times
• Ship of myth - ARGO, used 36 times
• Front of a ship - PROW, used 30 times

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