On, as a lamp

The answer

LIT

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

Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 10 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

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• Allow - LET, used 507 times
• Fleur-de-___ - LIS, used 440 times
• ___ Vegas - LAS, used 383 times
• Young fellow - LAD, used 343 times

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