Confederate soldier
The crossword clue "Confederate soldier" is answered by REB, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REB answer page.
Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 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.
- JOHNNYREB (2 uses in xd)
- GRAYCOAT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REB
Every other clue in this collection answered by REB, most used first.
- Yank's foe - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Johnny ___ - used 93 times, most recently in 2016
- Civil War soldier - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- CSA soldier - used 45 times, most recently in 2022
- Confederate soldier, for short - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- C.S.A. soldier - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Soldier in gray - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Graycoat - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Fighter in gray - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Yank's Civil War foe - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Yank's opponent - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Confederate - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Southern soldier - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Antietam soldier - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Gray - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Gray soldier - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Yank's rival - 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.
- Seoul soldier - ROK, used 45 times
- Korean soldier - ROK, used 31 times
- Soldier material - TIN, used 16 times
- Old soldier - VET, used 15 times
- Asian soldier - ROK, used 14 times
- Confederate general - LEE, used 13 times
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