Closest star

The answer

SOL

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 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.

• SUN (2 uses in xd)
• THESUN (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOL

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

• Costa del ___ - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
• Fa follower - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Scale member - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Note after fa - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• The sun - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• Roman sun god - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Note between fa and la - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Scale note - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Sun, in Spanish - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Impresario Hurok - used 43 times, most recently in 2013
• Our sun - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Pine-___ (cleaning brand) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Spanish for "sun" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurok - used 25 times, most recently in 2000
• Note before la - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do re mi fa ___ ..." - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Peruvian coin - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Spain's Costa del ___ - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Coin of Peru. - used 21 times, most recently in 1971
• Note above fa - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• G, in the key of C - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Musical note - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Our star - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Fa-la connector - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Staff note - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Step on the scale - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Sun - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Fa-la linkup - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Sun god - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Pine-___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Fifth of eight - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Scale tone - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• The sun personified - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Man's nickname. - used 9 times, most recently in 1973
• Sun, in Spain - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fifth note - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical syllable. - used 8 times, most recently in 1995
• Peruvian currency - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Spanish sun - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sun, in Santiago - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sun's name - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Day on Mars - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fifth scale note - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Helios - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• La lead-in - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Martian day - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sun, in Sonora - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Costa del ___, Spain - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Energy source - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Fa-la link on a musical scale - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Fifth tone - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Nearby star - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sonoran sun - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Solo of "Star Wars" - HAN, used 162 times
• Star pitcher - ACE, used 97 times
• Soccer star Hamm - MIA, used 71 times
• Zero-star review - PAN, used 43 times
• "The Crying Game" star - REA, used 42 times
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction - OER, used 36 times

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