The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HALO which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Nimbus crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HALO | 54 % | 4 |
| AURA | 44 % | 4 |
| GLRILE | 1 % | 6 |
| GLORY | 1 % | 5 |
| AUREOLE | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nimbus
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- aura
- rain cloud
- halo
- glory
- nimbus cloud
- 7
- cruciform
- cumulo
- cumulus
- haloed
- cloudlike
- aureole
Crossword Answer definitions
HALO noun- A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- (iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
- A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.
- To encircle with a halo.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HALO
- Angelic headgear
- Angelic symbol
- Moon surrounder, at times
- Saintly attribute
- Aura
- Head light?
- Heavenly headwear
- Majestic atmosphere
- Saint identifier
- Angelic adornment
More clues leading to the result AURA
- Atmosphere
- Distinctive feeling
- Emanation
- Enveloping glow
- Glow
- Mystique
- New Age-ish glow
- Saintly glow
- Subtle emanation
- Surrounding glow
More clues leading to the result GLRILE
More clues leading to the result GLORY
- "No guts, no __"
- "___ is fleeting, but obscurity is forever" (Napoleon)
- Magnificence
- "No guts, no ___"
- Great honor
- Great distinction, as in battle
- Movie for which Denzel Washington won his first Oscar
- "Mine eyes have seen the ___..."
- Exaltation
- Maginficence; fame