Descendant of Shem
The crossword clue "Descendant of Shem" is answered by SEMITE, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SEMITE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEMITE answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SEMITE
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- Israeli or Arab - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Israeli, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Mideast native - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Arab, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Jew or Arab - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Descendant of a son of Noah - HAMITE, used 8 times
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