The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ECLIPSE , but the solution may also be TWILIGHT which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in New York Times).
Darkening crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ECLIPSE | 50 % | 7 |
| TWILIGHT | 50 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Darkening
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dark
- blackening
- fading
- brightening
- blotching
- dimming
- discoloring
- tingeing
- discoloration
- dappling
- lightening
- dulling
Crossword Answer definitions
ECLIPSE noun- An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall
- Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ECLIPSE
- Outshine
- Put to shame
- Darkness at noon?
- "Total" solar event
- Intervention, of a sort
- Moonlight blockage
- Lunar or solar event
- It may leave you in the dark
- Celestial event
- High-level cover-up?