Darken
The crossword clue "Darken" is answered by DIM, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIM answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. 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.
Other clues for DIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIM, most used first.
- Poorly lit - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
- Badly lit - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Not well-lit - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Not bright - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Indistinct - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
- Faint - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Not very bright - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely lit - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Not too bright - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn down - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Slow-witted - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower, as lights - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Obscure - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
- ___ sum - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Make less bright - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Slow on the uptake - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Headlight setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Vague - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Like romantic lighting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of bright - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Low-lit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower, as headlights - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Lower the lights - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Turn down, as lights - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Hard to make out - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Lacking brightness - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like mood lighting - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower, as the lights - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Murky - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Not so bright - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Shadowy - 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.
- Darken or lighten, say - DYE, used 9 times
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