Night twinkler

The answer

STAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAR answer page.

Used 30 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STAR

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

• Headliner - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
• Asterisk - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Luminary - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Rating unit - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the lead - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Flag feature - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Marquee name - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Play the lead - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Constellation component - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the lead - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Top-billed performer - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Hollywood headliner - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Sky light - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• The sun, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the lead role - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Celeb - used 29 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.

• "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
• "Night" author Wiesel - ELIE, used 130 times
• "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
• Study all night - CRAM, used 52 times
• "... and to __ good night!" - ALLA, used 45 times
• Late-night host Meyers - SETH, used 43 times

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