2016 Olympics site, for short

The answer

RIO

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

Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RIO

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

• Carnival city - used 302 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ de Janeiro - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Grande - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
• 2016 Olympics city - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• 2016 Olympics host - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ de Janeiro, Brazil - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ Bravo - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Brazilian city - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Brazilian hot spot - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
• Kia model - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• Spanish river - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• "Flying Down to ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Brazilian city, for short - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Cruise port - used 25 times, most recently in 2009
• ___ de la Plata - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Carnival site - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Grande opening? - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Hope-Crosby destination - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
• Ipanema's city - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Kia subcompact - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Bravo or Grande - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
• Ipanema locale - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• 2016 Olympics site - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Brazilian resort - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Carnival locale - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Brazilian city, familiarly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Brazilian port, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Carnival city, casually - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• -- de Oro - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Grande or Bravo - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• River, in Spain - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• 2016 Olympics host city - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• 2016 Olympics locale - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Blame It on ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Brazilian port - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Copacabana city - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Flying Down to __" (1933 film) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• South American resort - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Spanish for "river" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• 2016 Olympics city, for short - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Brazilian coffee - used 11 times, most recently in 1992
• Carnaval city - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• City on Guanabara Bay - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• River, in Spanish - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• 2016 Olympics setting - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• "Black Orpheus" setting - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Brazilian hot spot, briefly - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Lead-in for "Bravo" - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Resort, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• "___ Rita" - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
• Carnival city, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Copacabana locale - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Copacabana site - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Popular cruise port - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "Blame it on ___" (Caine film) - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Carnival city, briefly - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Christ the Redeemer city - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Christ the Redeemer" locale - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Ipanema's locale - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• River, in Mexico - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• 2016 Olympics host, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Bravo, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "__ Bravo" (Wayne film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Brazil metropolis, familiarly - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Brazilian getaway - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Brazilian metropolis - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Carnaval site - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Carnival setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Carnival spot - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• City "by the sea, oh" - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Copacabana setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dolores Del ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Grande or Plata - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Maracana Stadium locale - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• "Road to __" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• 1983 Duran Duran hit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• 2016 Olympics host, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• 2016 Summer Olympics host - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Capital before Brasilia - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Carnival location - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Copacabana Beach locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Copacabana Beach setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Copacabana city, familiarly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Guanabara Bay city - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Kia sedan - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Mardi Gras city - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• River: Sp. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• River, to Ricardo - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• "Road" movie destination - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Samba city - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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