Skate.

The answer

RAY

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

Used 30 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 5 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.

• GLIDE (4 uses in xd)
• MANTA (2 uses in xd)
• GLIDEONICE (1 uses in xd)
• PARK (1 uses in xd)
• ROLLERORICE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAY

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

• Sunbeam - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
• Beam of light - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Beam - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of sunshine - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaft of light - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of hope - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Beam of sunlight - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of sunlight - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Bright beam - used 25 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.

• Fish eggs - ROE, used 648 times
• Regret - RUE, used 607 times
• "Norma ___" - RAE, used 480 times
• Go bad - ROT, used 373 times
• Tear - RIP, used 317 times
• Caviar - ROE, used 314 times

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