High spirits

The answer

GLEE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLEE answer page.

Used 55 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 13 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.

• ELATION (25 uses in xd)
• PEP (13 uses in xd)
• ELAN (7 uses in xd)
• MIRTH (7 uses in xd)
• VIM (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for GLEE

Every other clue in this collection answered by GLEE, most used first.

• Merriment - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Delight - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Mirth - used 83 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of club - used 77 times, most recently in 2021
• Joy - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Great joy - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Jubilation - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Happiness - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
• Elation - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Great delight - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Hilarity - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Sheer delight - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Exultation - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Fly high - SOAR, used 380 times
• High point - ACME, used 277 times
• High time? - NOON, used 151 times
• High cards - ACES, used 141 times
• High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
• High point - APEX, used 123 times

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