The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PERK which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2017.
Brighten (up) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PERK | 57 % | 4 |
| CLEAR | 14 % | 5 |
| LIVEN | 14 % | 5 |
| ILLUMINE | 14 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brighten (up)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- brighten
- lighten
- upbrighten
- sun up
- bright
- liven up
- outlighten
- light up
- embrighten
- deepen
- inlight
- happy
Crossword Answer definitions
PERK noun- Perquisite.
- A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.
- A percolator, particularly of coffee.
- To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
- Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
- To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
- To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
- To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
- Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
- To peer; to look inquisitively.
- To perch.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PERK
- Benefit
- Corporate benefit
- Bigwig's benefit
- Make coffee
- Employment extra
- One way to make coffee
- Bonus at the office
- Half-day Fridays, e.g.
- Ability to telecommute, e.g.
- Central ___ (coffeeshop on "Friends")
More clues leading to the result CLEAR
- Easily understood
- Free from guilt
- Unclouded
- "_____ and Present Danger"
- Loud's partner
- Pass over
- Unblemished
- Weatherman's word
- Unmistakable
- Forecaster's word
More clues leading to the result LIVEN
- Add some zip
- Freshen (up)
- Spice (up)
- Perk up
- Bring excitement to, with "up"
- Energize
- Pep (up)
- Add pep to, with "up"
- Add zing to
- Animate