Becomes faint
The crossword clue "Becomes faint" is answered by DIMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIMS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DIMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIMS, most used first.
- Darkens - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns down - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Lowers, as lights - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Grows faint - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes less bright - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Lowers, as a light - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Lowers - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Fades - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Gets darker - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Becomes inedible - ROTS, used 29 times
- Faint - PALE, used 26 times
- __ over; faint - KEEL, used 18 times
- Becomes compost - ROTS, used 16 times
- __ with faint praise - DAMN, used 14 times
- "___ do" (faint praise) - ITLL, used 11 times
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