Flaring star
The crossword clue "Flaring star" is answered by NOVA, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NOVA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOVA answer page.
Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by NOVA, most used first.
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