Resort, for short

The answer

RIO

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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.

• EVIAN (1 uses in xd)

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
• "___ 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 Olympics site, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• 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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