___ Major (Big Dipper constellation)
The crossword clue "___ Major (Big Dipper constellation)" is answered by URSA, a 4-letter entry. Used 35 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
URSA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the URSA answer page.
Used 35 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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