Congo, formerly
The crossword clue "Congo, formerly" is answered by ZAIRE, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ZAIRE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZAIRE answer page.
Used 20 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ZAIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ZAIRE, most used first.
- Congo, once - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Rumble in the Jungle setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Congo's former name - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Congo's old name - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- The Congo, formerly - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Belgian Congo, today - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
- African nation's former name - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Mobutu's land - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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- ___ time (formerly). - ATONE, used 9 times
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