Born first
The crossword clue "Born first" is answered by OLDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 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 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 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.
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
- Born earlier - used 20 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
- 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
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- First Greek letter - ALPHA, used 108 times
- First-stringers - ATEAM, used 107 times
- First Hebrew letter - ALEPH, used 90 times
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