Lit up

The answer

AGLOW

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGLOW answer page.

Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 5 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.

• AFIRE (7 uses in xd)
• ABLAZE (2 uses in xd)
• AFLAME (2 uses in xd)
• IGNITED (2 uses in xd)
• SMILED (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for AGLOW

Every other clue in this collection answered by AGLOW, most used first.

• Radiant - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Shining - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• Luminous - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Beaming - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Incandescent - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Visibly happy - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Visibly elated - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Lit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• All lit up - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Softly lit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Like a lit lantern - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Subtly illuminated - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Kid-lit elephant - BABAR, used 55 times
• Lit - AFIRE, used 32 times
• Kiddie-lit elephant - BABAR, used 17 times
• A bit lit - TIPSY, used 11 times
• How haunted houses are lit - DIMLY, used 11 times
• Kid-lit pachyderm - BABAR, used 11 times

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