Grows faint
The crossword clue "Grows faint" is answered by DIMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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DIMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIMS answer page.
Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
- Becomes faint - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- 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.
- Grows older - AGES, used 61 times
- It grows on you - HAIR, used 31 times
- "A ___ Grows in Brooklyn" - TREE, used 29 times
- Faint - PALE, used 26 times
- Grows gray - AGES, used 26 times
- Grows old - AGES, used 25 times
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