Venomous snake
The crossword clue "Venomous snake" is answered by VIPER, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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VIPER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIPER answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for VIPER
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIPER, most used first.
- Deadly snake - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Poisonous snake - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Treacherous one - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Hooded snake - COBRA, used 90 times
- Venomous snake - ADDER, used 57 times
- Snake charmer's snake - COBRA, used 44 times
- Venomous viper - ADDER, used 42 times
- Snake poison - VENOM, used 39 times
- Deadly African snake - MAMBA, used 29 times
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