Sci-fi pioneer
The crossword clue "Sci-fi pioneer" is answered by VERNE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VERNE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VERNE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for VERNE
Every other clue in this collection answered by VERNE, most used first.
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- Captain Nemo's creator - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Author Jules - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Fogg's creator - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- "Five Weeks in a Balloon" author - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Novelist Jules - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "The Mysterious Island" author - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Captain Nemo creator - 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.
- Video game pioneer - ATARI, used 169 times
- Arcade pioneer - ATARI, used 76 times
- Plow pioneer - DEERE, used 52 times
- Sci-fi visitor - ALIEN, used 38 times
- Arcade game pioneer - ATARI, used 35 times
- Electrical pioneer Nikola - TESLA, used 35 times
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