The dawn
The crossword clue "The dawn" is answered by AURORA, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AURORA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AURORA answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AURORA
Every other clue in this collection answered by AURORA, most used first.
- Dawn goddess - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ borealis - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ borealis (northern lights) - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Natural light show - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Dawn - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Light show - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Goddess of the dawn - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Northern sky sight - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- City near Denver - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Colorado city - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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