Celestial body
The crossword clue "Celestial body" is answered by ORB, a 3-letter entry. Used 33 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORB answer page.
Used 33 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 12 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.
- ASTEROID (2 uses in xd)
- PLANET (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORB
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORB, most used first.
- Sphere - used 498 times, most recently in 2026
- Globe - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic sphere - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Ball - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Celestial sphere - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavenly body - used 48 times, most recently in 2020
- Sun or moon - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
- Scepter topper - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Spherical object - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Crystal ball, e.g. - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Planet - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Planet, poetically - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyeball - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
- Round figure - used 23 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.
- Body art, for short - TAT, used 73 times
- Large body of water - SEA, used 59 times
- Body spray brand - AXE, used 55 times
- Body of water - SEA, used 48 times
- Celestial altar - ARA, used 47 times
- Bit of body art - TAT, used 39 times
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