Cheerful tune
The crossword clue "Cheerful tune" is answered by LILT, a 4-letter entry. Used 38 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LILT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LILT answer page.
Used 38 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LILT
Every other clue in this collection answered by LILT, most used first.
- Happy tune - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Bouncy tune - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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