Gas

The answer

NEON

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1990; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• FUEL (4 uses in xd)
• VAPOR (3 uses in xd)
• HELIUM (2 uses in xd)
• INERT (2 uses in xd)
• METER (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for NEON

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

• Light gas - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Inert gas - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign gas - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Night light - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Very bright - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Element #10 - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• It's a gas - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Brightly colored - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaseous element. - used 26 times, most recently in 2012
• Glowing gas - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Like highlighter colors - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Noble gas - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Broadway light - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Bright light - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Dodge model - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• Advertising sign gas - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas light - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Vegas gas - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Advertising sign - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of sign - used 17 times, most recently in 2007
• Type of light. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Broadway brightener - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Gas in bright signs - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Garish light - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Gas in signs - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Gas in store signs - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of sign. - used 14 times, most recently in 2004
• Really bright - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign element - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Bright sign - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Kind of light - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• One of the noble gases - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Gas in a sign - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas in glass - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Illuminating gas - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• An 1898 discovery - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Broadway gas - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
• Las Vegas gas - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Quite bright - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Store-sign gas - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• An inert gas - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Bright light in the big city - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• City light - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Light. - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
• Atomic number 10 - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Extra-bright - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Gas in some signs - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Gas used in signs - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Las Vegas light - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Light element - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Strip lighting - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Superbright - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Bright light on Broadway - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Bright night light - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Element. - used 7 times, most recently in 1974
• Gas for signs - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Gas in glowing signs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Gas in lights - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Its atomic number is 10 - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Relative of krypton - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
• Rialto light - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Sign light - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Times Square gas - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Vegas light - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Gas in a diner sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas in advertising lights - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Gas in bright store signs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Gas that's hard to ignore - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Ginza glow - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Inert element - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Rare gas. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Sign of nightlife? - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ tetra (aquarium fish) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Vegas sign filler - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Vivid crayon category - 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.

• Canadian gas brand - ESSO, used 148 times
• Old U.S. gas brand - ESSO, used 61 times
• West Coast gas brand - ARCO, used 38 times
• Gas brand in Canada - ESSO, used 35 times
• Run out of gas - TIRE, used 35 times
• Gas or elec. - UTIL, used 21 times

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