"Major" animal
The crossword clue ""Major" animal" is answered by URSA, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
URSA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URSA answer page.
Used 22 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 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
- Stellar bear - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Major (bear constellation) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Antlered animal - STAG, used 107 times
- Major work - OPUS, used 79 times
- Major-___ - DOMO, used 74 times
- Hunted animal - PREY, used 59 times
- Major ending - ETTE, used 49 times
- Stubborn animal - MULE, used 48 times
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