Bear on high

The answer

URSA

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for URSA

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

• ___ Major - used 248 times, most recently in 2026
• Celestial bear - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Minor - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Major (constellation) - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear in the sky - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Heavenly bear - used 70 times, most recently in 2021
• Bear in the air - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Sky bear - used 61 times, most recently in 2022
• Major in astronomy? - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Astronomical bear - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear up there - used 43 times, most recently in 2020
• Constellation bear - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Major (Big Dipper constellation) - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Major or Minor - used 30 times, most recently in 2013
• Major or Minor constellation - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Major (Big Dipper's constellation) - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear in the night sky - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Major" animal - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Stellar bear - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Major (bear constellation) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear overhead - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
• __ Major (Big Dipper) - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ Major (Great Bear) - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ Minor (constellation) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear among the stars - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Nocturnal bear - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Bear, to Brutus - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ Major (Big Dipper locale) - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Bear in constellation names - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Constellation animal - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• She-bear: Lat. - used 10 times, most recently in 1968
• "Superman II" villainess - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Word before Major or Minor - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Bear in the stars - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear of a constellation - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• ___ Major (the Big Dipper) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Minor in astronomy? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Stargazer's bear - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear: Lat. - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
• Celestial beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ Minor (Polaris's constellation) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Air bear - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Bear constellation - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Bear of stars - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Minor or Major - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Star bear - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Astronomical Major or Minor - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Bear up above - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ Major (the Great Bear) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Word in two constellation names - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Fly high - SOAR, used 380 times
• High point - ACME, used 277 times
• High time? - NOON, used 151 times
• High cards - ACES, used 141 times
• High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
• High point - APEX, used 123 times

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