Ring of light

The answer

HALO

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

Used 85 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• AUREOLE (4 uses in xd)
• CORONA (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for HALO

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

• Nimbus - used 111 times, most recently in 2015
• Head light? - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Angel's topper - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Angelic ring - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Saintly ring - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Circle of light - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Angelic light - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Angelic topper - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Angel topper - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Saintly symbol - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Saintly glow - used 24 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.

• Give off, as light - EMIT, used 122 times
• Ring out - PEAL, used 113 times
• Light gas - NEON, used 112 times
• Light brown - ECRU, used 95 times
• Night light - NEON, used 74 times
• Light bulb unit - WATT, used 67 times

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