4-Letter Word for Hero (Crossword Answers)

Looking for a 4-letter word for “hero”? Here are the most likely crossword answers based on real puzzle data, including frequency and recent appearances.

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Showing 20 crossword answers for “hero” (4 letters)

  • Seen 9 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 12 May 2026
    Example clues:
    • Brontë heroine
    • Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little"
    • Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you"
  • Seen 7 times
    4 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 07 Jun 2023
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    • Marvel superhero role for Hemsworth
    • Brother of Loki, in superhero movies
    • Superhero role for Chris Hemsworth
  • Seen 6 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 28 Sept 2025
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    • Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition"
    • Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like"
    • Jane Austen heroine
  • Seen 5 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 06 Mar 2026
    Example clues:
    • Heroic tale of romance
    • Heroic exploit
  • Seen 5 times
    4 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 26 Mar 2023
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    • Marvel mutant superheroes
    • Superhero team in Marvel Comics
    • Some Marvel superheroes
  • Seen 4 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 23 Oct 2025
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    • Thomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman"
    • Thomas Hardy title heroine
    • Hardy heroine
  • Seen 4 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 27 Jun 2025
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    • Teenage Salinger heroine
    • Salinger title heroine
    • Salinger heroine
  • Seen 4 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 15 Sept 2024
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    • "The Clan of the Cave Bear" heroine
    • Jean Auel heroine
  • Seen 3 times
    4 lettersacrossLA TimesLast seen 08 May 2026
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    • Place where heros are made
    • It has the makings of a hero
    • Where heroes are made
  • Seen 3 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 22 Oct 2024
    Example clues:
    • Animals that use pheromones to communicate
    • Followers of pheromone trails
    • Leavers of pheromone trails
  • Seen 3 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 25 Dec 2023
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    • Hero in the Trojan War
    • Trojan War hero
    • Trojan War hero with a Scrabbly name
  • Seen 3 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 13 Nov 2023
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    • Story of heroes
    • Heroic saga
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 12 Mar 2026
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    • Disney heroine who builds her own palace
    • Heroine of Disney's "Frozen"
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 22 Dec 2025
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    • Cherokee maker
    • Grand Cherokee maker
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 13 Aug 2025
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    • "Casablanca" heroine
    • 1942 romance movie heroine
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 15 Jul 2025
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    • Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke"
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 28 Jul 2024
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    • ___ Rizal, national hero of the Philippines
    • Filipino national hero ___ Rizal
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 02 Jun 2024
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    • Superhero garment
    • Part of a superhero's costume
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 08 May 2023
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    • "Star Wars" heroine who founded the Resistance
    • Film heroine who says "Somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, flyboy"
  • Seen 2 times
    4 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 15 Apr 2023
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    • Boris Pasternak heroine
    • ___ Croft, comic book heroine

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