Sphere
The crossword clue "Sphere" is answered by ORB, a 3-letter entry. Used 498 times across 71 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 42 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORB answer page.
Used 498 times across 71 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 42 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.
- GLOBE (6 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORB
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORB, most used first.
- Globe - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic sphere - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Ball - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Celestial sphere - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavenly body - used 48 times, most recently in 2020
- Sun or moon - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
- Celestial body - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Scepter topper - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Spherical object - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Crystal ball, e.g. - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Planet - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Planet, poetically - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyeball - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
- Round figure - used 23 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.
- Stew sphere - PEA, used 41 times
- Soup sphere - PEA, used 22 times
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