Caroler's tune

The answer

NOEL

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NOEL

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

• Christmas carol - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas song - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Carol - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
• Yuletide tune - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Yuletide - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Coward - used 59 times, most recently in 2009
• Seasonal song - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Playwright Coward - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• December song - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• December air - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Winter air - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Christmas season - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Holiday song - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Yuletide song - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Coward of note - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Present time - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "The First ___" - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Holiday tune - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Coward of the stage - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Mr. Coward - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Christmas tune - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "The First ___" (Christmas carol) - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Yule tune - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Yule song - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Joyeux ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• "The First ___" (Christmas song) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Year-end air - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• "Away in a Manger," for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Coward of the theater - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday season - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Year-end tune - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Dramatist Coward - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• French for "Christmas" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Holiday time - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Seasonal air - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Theatrical Coward - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Carolers' offering - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Christmas in France. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Christmas refrain - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "Private Lives" playwright Coward - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Season to be jolly - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Seasonal tune - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "The Great British Bake Off" co-presenter Fielding - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Carol word - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Caroling song - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Caroling tune - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Christmas air - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Coward of England - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• December ditty - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• One of Byron's names. - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Year-end season - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Yuletide refrain - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• A Coward - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• "Blithe Spirit" author Coward - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Caroler's offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• December tune - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Gallagher of Oasis - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Holiday number - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "Shameless" actor Fisher - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Silent Night," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "Silent Night," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Time for eggnog - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Wassailer's song - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Fine-tune - HONE, used 89 times
• Lights-out tune - TAPS, used 59 times
• Happy tune - LILT, used 43 times
• "Tosca" tune - ARIA, used 39 times
• Cheerful tune - LILT, used 38 times
• Tune for two - DUET, used 31 times

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