Become less bright
The crossword clue "Become less bright" is answered by FADE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FADE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FADE answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FADE
Every other clue in this collection answered by FADE, most used first.
- Lose color - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Grow dim - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose brightness - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Disappear gradually - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Dim - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Diminish - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose luster - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Become dim - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose strength - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Slowly vanish - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Wane - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Gradually lose color - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Dwindle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose star status - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Vanish. - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
- Wither - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Become indistinct - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Grow paler - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Languish. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Slowly disappear - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Evanesce - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Get lighter - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Lose intensity - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Make less difficult - EASE, used 75 times
- Bright star - NOVA, used 69 times
- Very bright - NEON, used 41 times
- Bright thought - IDEA, used 39 times
- Become unhinged - SNAP, used 34 times
- Become weary - TIRE, used 31 times
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