Orion's brightest star
The crossword clue "Orion's brightest star" is answered by RIGEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIGEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIGEL answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIGEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIGEL, most used first.
- Star in Orion - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Brightest star in Orion - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Orion's left foot - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Star in Orion's foot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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