Crystal ball, for example

The answer

ORB

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORB answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Celestial body - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Eye, poetically - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic planet - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Spherical shape - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Heavenly sphere - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet's planet - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Spherical body - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Space ball - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Spheroid - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Symbol of sovereignty - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Royal symbol - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Any planet - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Mars or Venus - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Heavenly sphere, to poets - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Planet, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Royal ball - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Symbol of royalty - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Ball or sphere - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Bubble, essentially - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic peeper - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Sun, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Sun or moon, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Earth is one - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Planet, to a poet - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Poet's eye - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Regalia item - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Round body - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Scepter's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• ___-weaver spider - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye, to a bard - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Eyeball or Earth - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Marble, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Moon, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Planetoid - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Round object - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Scepter's companion - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Sphere in a scepter - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Sphere, poetically - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Spinner in space - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Sun or moon, poetically - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Drop the ball - ERR, used 143 times

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