The North Star
The crossword clue "The North Star" is answered by POLARIS, a 7-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POLARIS
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POLARIS answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for POLARIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by POLARIS, most used first.
- North Star - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Sailor's star - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Guiding light - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Star in Ursa Minor - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Ursa Minor star - 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.
- On the line - ATSTAKE, used 61 times
- On the way - ENROUTE, used 59 times
- On the loose - ATLARGE, used 48 times
- To the extent that - ASFARAS, used 40 times
- Getty of "The Golden Girls" - ESTELLE, used 28 times
- Star in Scorpio - ANTARES, used 28 times
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