2016 Olympics host
The crossword clue "2016 Olympics host" is answered by RIO, a 3-letter entry. Used 70 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIO answer page.
Used 70 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIO
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIO, most used first.
- Carnival city - used 302 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ de Janeiro - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Grande - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- 2016 Olympics city - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ de Janeiro, Brazil - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Bravo - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Brazilian city - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Brazilian hot spot - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
- Kia model - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Spanish river - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- "Flying Down to ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Brazilian city, for short - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cruise port - used 25 times, most recently in 2009
- ___ de la Plata - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Carnival site - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
- Grande opening? - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Hope-Crosby destination - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
- Ipanema's city - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Kia subcompact - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Olympics chant - USA, used 90 times
- "Barefoot Contessa" host Garten - INA, used 69 times
- "This American Life" host Glass - IRA, used 47 times
- NPR host Shapiro - ARI, used 35 times
- "Chopped" host Allen - TED, used 32 times
- Radio host Glass - IRA, used 28 times
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