___ Major
The crossword clue "___ Major" is answered by CANIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1963. 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
CANIS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CANIS answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1963. 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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- DOMOS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for CANIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CANIS, most used first.
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- ___ Major (Sirius's constellation) - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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