Born earlier
The crossword clue "Born earlier" is answered by OLDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OLDER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OLDER answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 9 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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Other clues for OLDER
Every other clue in this collection answered by OLDER, most used first.
- More mature - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Senior - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- More experienced - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Wiser partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and wiser - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- More senior - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Wiser companion - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a big brother - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Born first - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Companion of wiser. - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Longer in the tooth - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Of earlier vintage - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- More aged - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not as fresh - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Not as new - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Wiser's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Having seniority - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Less fresh - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- More advanced - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- More antiquated - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Not as recent - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as young - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- "___ Is Born" - ASTAR, used 120 times
- Earlier - PRIOR, used 74 times
- Native-born Israeli - SABRA, used 66 times
- In ___ (not yet born) - UTERO, used 36 times
- Dublin-born poet - YEATS, used 20 times
- Born yesterday - NAIVE, used 19 times
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