Hunter in the heavens

The answer

ORION

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORION answer page.

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORION

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

• Heavenly hunter - used 87 times, most recently in 2024
• Hunter constellation - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Constellation with a belt - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Hunter in the sky - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Betelgeuse's constellation - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Rigel's constellation - used 45 times, most recently in 2022
• Constellation. - used 44 times, most recently in 2001
• Celestial hunter - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Stellar hunter - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Belted constellation - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Mythical hunter - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Sky hunter - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• Hunter in the night sky - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• The Hunter - used 20 times, most recently in 2012
• Hunter on high - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Hunter of myth - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Hunter slain by Artemis - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Hunter in the stars - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nocturnal hunter - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Starry hunter - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Taurus neighbor - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Belted hunter - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Hunter among the stars - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Hunter of stars - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Pursuer of the Pleiades - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• The Hunter constellation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Astronomical hunter - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Belted night sight - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Mythological hunter - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Stars with a belt - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Where Betelgeuse is - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Hunter of the sky - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Hunter of the stars - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hunter with a belt - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
• Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times

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