__ bear (Arctic mammal)
The crossword clue "__ bear (Arctic mammal)" is answered by POLAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
POLAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POLAR answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for POLAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by POLAR, most used first.
- Kind of bear - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Pivotal - used 32 times, most recently in 2004
- Arctic - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- From the Arctic - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ bear - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ opposites - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Arctic or Antarctic - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Of the Arctic or Antarctic - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Frigid - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Of the Arctic - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- On top of the world? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Completely opposite - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite in character - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Totally opposite - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Extremely cold - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Like some opposites - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Antithetical - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Diametrically opposed - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Diametrically opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Like the Arctic - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- "The ___ Express" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of bear - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Kind of bear or cap - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Like extreme opposites - 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.
- Aquatic mammal - OTTER, used 125 times
- Bring to bear - EXERT, used 122 times
- Web-footed mammal - OTTER, used 67 times
- Playful aquatic mammal - OTTER, used 60 times
- Playful mammal - OTTER, used 48 times
- Arctic abode - IGLOO, used 32 times
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