Polish up

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 2007; 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.

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.

• RUB (1 uses in xd)
• SPIFF (1 uses in xd)

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
• Buff - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Give off light - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Nail polish brand - ESSIE, used 46 times
• Polish city - POSEN, used 11 times
• Like some nail polish - CLEAR, used 9 times
• Polish coin - ZLOTY, used 9 times
• Big name in nail polish - ESSIE, used 7 times
• Furniture polish scent - LEMON, used 7 times

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