Answer to "Gleam" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHINE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.

Gleam crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHINE	56 %	5
GLINT	19 %	5
SPARKLE	6 %	7
RADIANCY	6 %	8
LUSTER	6 %	6
RAY	6 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gleam

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• glint
• glimmer
• glisten
• glitter
• shine
• glow
• lambency
• twinkle
• flicker
• glimpse
• spark
• searchlight

Crossword Answer definitions

SHINE noun

1. Brightness from a source of light.
2. Brightness from reflected light.
3. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
4. Shoeshine.
5. Sunshine.
6. Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
7. The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
8. A liking for a person; a fancy.
9. A caper; an antic; a row.

SHINE verb

1. To emit light.
2. To reflect light.
3. To distinguish oneself; to excel.
4. To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
5. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
6. To be immediately apparent.
7. To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
8. To cause to shine, as a light.
9. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

SHINE verb

1. To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
2. To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

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 SHINE

• Do well
• 1996 Geoffrey Rush film
• Polish up
• Excel
• Stand out in a crowd
• Rush flick
• Rain alternative
• Rain's opposite
• Buff
• Show one's stuff

More clues leading to the result GLINT

• Flash
• Flash of light
• Brief sparkle
• Evanescent light
• Flash, as of light
• Faint gleam
• Quick flash
• Tiny flash
• Brief flash
• Fleeting flash

More clues leading to the result SPARKLE

• Excel
• Make like a diamond
• Glitter
• Effervesce, as some wine
• Vivacity
• Effervesce
• Champagnes do it
• Be brilliant
• Glisten
• Perform superbly

More clues leading to the result RADIANCY

• Gleam
• Brightness
• Gleam or shine

More clues leading to the result LUSTER

• Shine
• Quality of a gem
• Gleam
• Radiance
• Sheen
• Polish goal
• Shiny finish
• Glossy shine
• Brilliance
• Glossy finish

More clues leading to the result RAY

• Hope unit?
• Robinson or Leonard of the ring
• Sunbeam
• Shaft of light
• Sun beam
• "___ Donovan" (Showtime show)
• Barb-tailed fish
• Rachael of the Food Network
• Minimal hope
• Bit of sunshine