Korean city

The answer

SEOUL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEOUL answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 3 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.

• TAEGU (6 uses in xd)
• IRI (1 uses in xd)
• SEISHU (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SEOUL

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

• Capital of South Korea - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Asian capital - used 34 times, most recently in 2020
• South Korea's capital - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• South Korean capital - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• 1988 Olympics site - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• 1988 Olympics city - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Korean capital - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Korean Peninsula capital - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Samsung's headquarters - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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