Once in a blue moon
The crossword clue "Once in a blue moon" is answered by RARELY, a 6-letter entry. Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RARELY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARELY answer page.
Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 14 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.
- NOTOFTEN (2 uses in xd)
- ONRAREOCCASIONS (1 uses in xd)
- SELDOMLY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RARELY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RARELY, most used first.
- Seldom - used 31 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.
- Moon goddess - SELENE, used 64 times
- Moon of Jupiter - EUROPA, used 40 times
- Iran, once - PERSIA, used 29 times
- Shade of blue - COBALT, used 29 times
- Once more - AFRESH, used 26 times
- Greek moon goddess - SELENE, used 24 times
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