Eastern name.

The answer

OMAR

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

Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 1969; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 1 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.

• ALI (56 uses in xd)
• ABOU (24 uses in xd)
• ABU (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for OMAR

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

• General Bradley - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Sharif - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Epps - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Gen. Bradley - used 98 times, most recently in 2016
• Epps of "House" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Sharif - used 60 times, most recently in 2000
• Persian poet - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Poet Khayyam - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Sharif of "Funny Girl" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• The Tentmaker - used 41 times, most recently in 2016
• Sharif of film - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "House" actor Epps - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Khayyam - used 35 times, most recently in 2016
• Bradley - used 33 times, most recently in 1998
• Congresswoman Ilhan - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Bradley or Sharif - used 29 times, most recently in 2008
• "A Jug of Wine ..." poet - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Bridge expert Sharif - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Barbra's "Funny Girl" co-star - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Persian name. - used 22 times, most recently in 1995
• Minnesota representative Ilhan - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet translated by FitzGerald - used 20 times, most recently in 2001
• Caliph's name. - used 19 times, most recently in 1970
• Shortstop Vizquel - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Actor Epps of "House" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Doctor Zhivago" actor Sharif - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Epps or Sharif - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Baseball's Vizquel - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Sharif or Epps - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• WWII general Bradley - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Ilhan of Congress - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Sharif or Bradley - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Representative Ilhan - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbra's "Funny Girl" costar - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Epps of "Scream 2" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Vizquel of baseball - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Epps or Sharif - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mr. Sharif - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• "Rubaiyat" name - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Sharif of "Che!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Sharif of "Lawrence of Arabia" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tentmaker of yore - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• "Funny Girl" actor Sharif - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• General under Dwight - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Ilhan in the House - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Karl in Patton - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "Lawrence of Arabia" actor Sharif - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Persian poet Khayyam - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "... a Loaf of Bread ..." poet - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Epps of "The Mod Squad" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• First name in bridge - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Five-star Bradley - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Five-star general Bradley - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Lupin" star Sy - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Michael K. Williams on "The Wire" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Rubaiyat" poet Khayyam - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Sharif of "Dr. Zhivago" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Tent tycoon - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• "The Wire" character Little - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Bradley with five stars - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Bridge master Sharif - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Epps of "Resurrection" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Actor Sharif or Epps - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Epps of "House, M.D." - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Rubaiyat" poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Stickup man on "The Wire" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
• Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times
• Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
• First name in mysteries - ERLE, used 94 times
• Lamb's pen name - ELIA, used 84 times

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