Brilliant
The crossword clue "Brilliant" is answered by STELLAR, a 7-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STELLAR
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STELLAR answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 2 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.
- DAZZLING (5 uses in xd)
- VIVID (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for STELLAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by STELLAR, most used first.
- Outstanding - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
- Astral - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- First-rate - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Top-notch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Out of this world - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Outstanding, as a performance - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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