"When You Wish ___ a Star"

The answer

UPON

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

Used 43 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for UPON

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

• "Once ___ a time ..." - used 284 times, most recently in 2026
• Atop - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Come __; find - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
• "Once ___ a midnight dreary ..." - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Knowledgeable about - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Abreast of - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ further review . . ." - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Stratford-___-Avon - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Well-informed about - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Well-versed in - used 33 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.

• "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
• "You said it!" - AMEN, used 257 times
• "Star Wars" princess - LEIA, used 216 times
• "Would ___ to you?" - ILIE, used 135 times
• "M*A*S*H" star - ALDA, used 114 times
• "Are you ___ out?" - INOR, used 102 times

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