Sci-fi award

The answer

HUGO

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

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 8 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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• NEBULA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HUGO

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

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• Boss of fashion - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• "Les Miserables" author - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Victor - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Science fiction award - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Author Victor - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Justice Black. - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Author of "Les Miserables" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hunchback creator Victor - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• "Les Miserables" writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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