Distinctive air

The answer

AURA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AURA answer page.

Used 68 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• MANNER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AURA

Every other clue in this collection answered by AURA, most used first.

• Mystique - used 282 times, most recently in 2026
• Mystical glow - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• Emanation - used 117 times, most recently in 2022
• Surrounding glow - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Vibe - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Subtle glow - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Distinctive atmosphere - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Ambience - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Certain something - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• Mysterious glow - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Invisible emanation - used 47 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Air pollution - SMOG, used 130 times
• Distinctive flair - ELAN, used 86 times
• Air freshener target - ODOR, used 76 times
• Bear in the air - URSA, used 64 times
• Nose-in-the-air type - SNOB, used 49 times
• Gasp for air - PANT, used 48 times

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