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The answer

GLOW

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 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.

• ILLUMINATE (5 uses in xd)
• SMOKE (5 uses in xd)
• BEAM (3 uses in xd)
• STAR (3 uses in xd)
• ELATE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for GLOW

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

• Radiate - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Radiance - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Shine - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• Healthy look - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Shine softly - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Incandescence - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Aura - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Luminesce - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Luminescence - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Radiant look - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• What fireflies do - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Candle's light - used 7 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Give off, as light - EMIT, used 122 times
• Light gas - NEON, used 112 times
• Light brown - ECRU, used 95 times
• Ring of light - HALO, used 85 times
• Head light? - HALO, used 78 times
• Night light - NEON, used 74 times

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