The sun
The crossword clue "The sun" is answered by SOL, a 3-letter entry. Used 60 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SOL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOL answer page.
Used 60 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 18 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.
- NOONDAY (2 uses in xd)
- DAYSTAR (1 uses in xd)
- WORLDWARMER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOL, most used first.
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- 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
- 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
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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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