Rings of light

The answer

HALOS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HALOS answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. 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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• AUREOLES (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for HALOS

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

• Head lights? - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Circles overhead? - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Nimbi - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Angels' toppers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Saintly rings - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Angelic rings - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Angelic auras - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Angels' headgear - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Nimbuses - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• Saintly glows - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Saintly symbols - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Symbols of sanctity - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Light on one's feet - AGILE, used 84 times
• Light wood - BALSA, used 83 times
• Light lunch - SALAD, used 82 times
• Flash of light - GLEAM, used 54 times
• Light brown - BEIGE, used 47 times
• Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" - ASTIN, used 47 times

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