Ray of sunlight
The crossword clue "Ray of sunlight" is answered by BEAM, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. 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
BEAM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEAM answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 4 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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Other clues for BEAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEAM, most used first.
- Smile broadly - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Grin from ear to ear - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Ray of light - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Smile from ear to ear - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Roof support - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Smile - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Smile radiantly - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Ray - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Smile widely - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Ceiling support - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Gymnast's perch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Put on a happy face - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Radiate - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Smile ear to ear - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of moonlight - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ me up, Scotty" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Laser light - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Actor Ray - ALDO, used 90 times
- X-ray units - RADS, used 68 times
- Tough-guy actor Ray - ALDO, used 34 times
- McDonald's founder Ray - KROC, used 31 times
- Schreiber of "Ray Donovan" - LIEV, used 26 times
- X-ray doses - RADS, used 17 times
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