Space race goal

The answer

MOON

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOON

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

• Night light - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Earth orbiter - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Satellite - used 22 times, most recently in 2010
• Apollo 11 destination - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Natural satellite - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Earth circler - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Once in a blue ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Goodnight ___" (classic bedtime book) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Earth's natural satellite - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cow's hurdle, in rhyme - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• 1969 landing site - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Earth's satellite - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "One giant leap for mankind" site - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Apollo destination - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Armstrong's destination - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Gaze dreamily - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Night sight - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• "The Time Machine" race - ELOI, used 148 times
• Space - AREA, used 103 times
• Space - ROOM, used 92 times
• Open space - AREA, used 70 times
• Prefix with space - AERO, used 66 times
• Prefix for space - AERO, used 46 times

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