Lustrous gem

The answer

OPAL

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

Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.

• CATSEYE (1 uses in xd)
• PEARL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OPAL

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

• October birthstone - used 448 times, most recently in 2026
• Milky gem - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Iridescent gem - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Fall birthstone - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Gem. - used 67 times, most recently in 1996
• October stone - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Whitish gemstone - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Milky stone - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Girasol - used 58 times, most recently in 2007
• Milky white gem - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Australian gem - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Iridescent stone - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Australia's national gemstone - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Milky gemstone - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Iridescent gemstone - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Autumn birthstone - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Translucent gem - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Whitish gem - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Fiery gem - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Birthstone after sapphire - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Birthstone for many Libras - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiery gemstone - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Gemstone - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• White gemstone - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Gem from Australia - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire ___ - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• October gem - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Australian export - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• National gemstone of Australia - used 22 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.

• Green gem - JADE, used 114 times
• Black gem - ONYX, used 21 times
• Red gem - RUBY, used 21 times

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