Variable stars
The crossword clue "Variable stars" is answered by NOVAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOVAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOVAS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NOVAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOVAS, most used first.
- Exploding stars - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Bright stars - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Old Chevys - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Super stars - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Latin stars - ASTRA, used 25 times
- Exploding stars - NOVAE, used 22 times
- Opera stars - DIVAS, used 21 times
- Pop stars - IDOLS, used 15 times
- Bright stars - NOVAE, used 14 times
- "Stars and Stripes Forever" composer - SOUSA, used 14 times
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