Wish ___ a star

The answer

UPON

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 4 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
• "__ my word!" - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Come __; find - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
• "When You Wish ___ a Star" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Familiar with - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• "Once ___ a midnight dreary ..." - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Informed about - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Conversant with - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
• Second word of many fairy tales - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Resting atop - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale's second word - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Second word in many fairy tales - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Over - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale preposition - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ further reflection ... " - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• In the know about - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• "Once ___ a Mattress" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Second word of "The Raven" - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• On top of - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Preposition - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Very soon after - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Versed in - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Well-briefed about - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• "... ___ a midnight dreary" - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• "___ reflection ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• In the know - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Straddling - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Above. - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Aware of - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Fully aware of - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Perched atop - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Well versed in: Colloq. - used 10 times, most recently in 1967
• At the time of - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Au courant - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Immediately after - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Second word in a fairy tale - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Very familiar with - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Current about - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Fairy tale word - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• "Once ___ a . . . " - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• Sitting atop - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Come ___ (meet by accident). - used 7 times, most recently in 1960
• Current with - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Lying atop - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Once ___ . . . " - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ the Roof" (Drifters hit) - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Topping - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• At the top of - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Informed of - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Soon after - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Surmounting - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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• Opera star - DIVA, used 79 times
• Four-star review - RAVE, used 76 times
• Lone Star State sch. - UTEP, used 73 times

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