What fireflies do
The crossword clue "What fireflies do" is answered by GLOW, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GLOW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLOW answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GLOW
Every other clue in this collection answered by GLOW, most used first.
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- 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
- Candle's light - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Light up. - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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