Like a new candle
The crossword clue "Like a new candle" is answered by UNLIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
UNLIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNLIT answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UNLIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by UNLIT, most used first.
- Dark - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
- Not illuminated - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a dark room - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- In the dark - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitch-black - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Dim - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Totally dark - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Darkened - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Like new matches - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
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- Native New Zealander - MAORI, used 119 times
- ___ New Guinea - PAPUA, used 112 times
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
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