Like a burning candle

The answer

LIT

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Brightened, with "up" - 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
• 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.

• Like - ALA, used 149 times
• Candle count - AGE, used 101 times
• Like a fox - SLY, used 73 times
• Like Abner - LIL, used 73 times
• Tell it like it isn't - LIE, used 66 times
• Like sashimi - RAW, used 64 times

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