Zodiacal border

The answer

CUSP

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

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CUSP

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

• Pointed end - used 27 times, most recently in 2011
• Point - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Brink - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Verge - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Crescent point - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Astrological border - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Crescent's tip - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Horn of a crescent moon - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Edge - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Transition point - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Astrological transition point - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Zodiac transition point - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tooth point - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Turning point - 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.

• Border on - ABUT, used 472 times
• Border - EDGE, used 232 times
• Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
• Heraldic border - ORLE, used 71 times
• Border - ABUT, used 59 times
• Shield border - ORLE, used 45 times

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