Brightened, with "up"

The answer

LIT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIT answer page.

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 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.

• PERKED (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for LIT

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

• Ignited - used 213 times, most recently in 2026
• Illuminated - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
• Kindled - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• On fire - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Set fire to - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Tipsy - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Put a match to - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Set afire - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Torched - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Burning - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Plastered - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Turned on - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Three sheets to the wind - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
• Set on fire - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Blotto - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• English ___ - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Set ablaze - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Afire - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Beyond tipsy - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• On - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• On, as a lamp - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Not dark - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Soused - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Aflame - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Brightened - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
• Snockered - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Wasted - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Ablaze - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Aglow - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Eng. course - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Glowing - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Hammered - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Set aflame - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Smashed - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Sozzled - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Inebriated - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Like a burning candle - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Stewed - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Blazing - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Blitzed - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Brightened up - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Drunk - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Fired up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• On, as a kerosene lamp - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• English course, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Kiddie __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Loaded - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• On, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Pickled - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Set off - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Squiffed - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Touched a match to - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Turned on, as a bulb - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bombed - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• English class, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Enkindled - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Exciting, slangily - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Fired. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Luminous - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sloshed - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Took a match to - used 6 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.

• With it - HIP, used 149 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Work with - USE, used 117 times
• Prefix with natal - NEO, used 100 times
• Go out with - SEE, used 98 times
• Barely manage, with "out" - EKE, used 90 times

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