Second-brightest stars
The crossword clue "Second-brightest stars" is answered by BETAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BETAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BETAS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BETAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BETAS, most used first.
- Test versions - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek letters - used 36 times, most recently in 2015
- Software test versions - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Alpha followers - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek B's - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Test programs - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Second chances - REDOS, used 47 times
- A second time - AGAIN, used 40 times
- Second showing - RERUN, used 39 times
- Exploding stars - NOVAS, used 33 times
- Come in second - PLACE, used 32 times
- Second U.S. president - ADAMS, used 28 times
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