Celestial bear
The crossword clue "Celestial bear" is answered by URSA, a 4-letter entry. Used 201 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 23 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
URSA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URSA answer page.
Used 201 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 23 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 pilot answered by URSA, most used first.
- ___ Major - used 248 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Major (constellation) - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
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