Turn down, as lights

The answer

DIM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIM answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Darken - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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

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