Was bright
The crossword clue "Was bright" is answered by SHONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHONE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHONE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHONE, most used first.
- Glistened - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Gleamed - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Excelled - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Glowed - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Stood out - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Radiated - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Sparkled - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Glittered - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Beamed - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Was brilliant - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Glimmered - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Exhibited brilliance - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Performed superbly - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Stood out in the crowd - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Was sore - ACHED, used 53 times
- Was concerned - CARED, used 47 times
- Was out - SLEPT, used 37 times
- Bright lights - NEONS, used 31 times
- Was under the weather - AILED, used 31 times
- Was bold - DARED, used 30 times
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