Buff
The crossword clue "Buff" is answered by SHINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHINE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHINE answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SHINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHINE, most used first.
- Excel - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Glisten - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Glow - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Gleam - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Stand out - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- "Rise and ___!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Polish - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Sparkle - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Perform brilliantly - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Perform superbly - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Give off light - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Polish up - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- In the buff - NAKED, used 40 times
- Buff - TONED, used 18 times
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