The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ETHER which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Upper atmosphere crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ETHER | 70 % | 5 |
| THEETHER | 10 % | 8 |
| SKIES | 10 % | 5 |
| SKY | 10 % | 3 |
Why may ETHER be the right solution?
The upper atmosphere is often referred to as the ether in older scientific terminology.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Upper atmosphere
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- thermosphere
- outer space
- stratosphere
- ionosphere
- high altitude
- subatmospheric
- ionospheric
- astrophysical
- stratospheric
- atmospherical
- interplanetary space
- altitude
Crossword Answer definitions
ETHER noun- The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
- Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
- The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
- A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
- Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
- Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
- To viciously humiliate or insult.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ETHER
- Old-time anaesthetic
- Old-time anesthetic
- Anesthetic
- Anesthetic of old
- Common solvent
- Erstwhile anesthetic
- It put people to sleep
- It's a gas
- Solvent
- It's a knockout
More clues leading to the result THEETHER
More clues leading to the result SKIES
- "Blue __" (Berlin tune)
- "Fly the friendly ____"
- Heavens
- See 63-Across
- Heavenly places
- Upper regions
- Wild blue yonder
- Summer __
- Firmament
- Heavens above