Shakespearean villain
The crossword clue "Shakespearean villain" is answered by IAGO, a 4-letter entry. Used 111 times across 47 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IAGO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IAGO answer page.
Used 111 times across 47 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for IAGO
Every other clue in this collection answered by IAGO, most used first.
- "Othello" villain - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- Othello's betrayer - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- "Aladdin" parrot - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- "Othello" antagonist - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Shakespeare villain - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Shakespearean schemer - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Emilia's husband - used 25 times, most recently in 2015
- Othello's ensign - used 25 times, most recently in 2008
- Othello's nemesis - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Shakespearean king - LEAR, used 216 times
- "The Lion King" villain - SCAR, used 120 times
- Fairy tale villain - OGRE, used 94 times
- Greet the villain - HISS, used 56 times
- Villain - OGRE, used 41 times
- Grimm villain - OGRE, used 28 times
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