The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SUPERNOVA which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2012.
Luminous stellar explosion crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUPERNOVA | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Luminous stellar explosion
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- supernova
- nova
- superluminous supernova
- outflow
- nebula
- galaxy
- filament
- plume
- prominence
- star
- felt
- insulated
Crossword Answer definitions
SUPERNOVA noun- The explosion of a star, which increases its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).
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