The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHINE , but the solution may also be GLEAM which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Glisten crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHINE | 59 % | 5 |
| GLEAM | 18 % | 5 |
| SPARKLE | 12 % | 7 |
| SHIMMER | 6 % | 7 |
| SHEEN | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Glisten
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- glitter
- glister
- scintillation
- sparkle
- gleam
- glint
- shine
- flash
- gleams
- glinting
- gleaming
- glimmering
Crossword Answer definitions
SHINE noun- Brightness from a source of light.
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- Shoeshine.
- Sunshine.
- Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
- A liking for a person; a fancy.
- A caper; an antic; a row.
- To emit light.
- To reflect light.
- To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- To be immediately apparent.
- To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- To cause to shine, as a light.
- To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
- To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- 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 GLEAM
- Coruscate
- Flash of light
- Shine
- Sparkle with the radiance of a movie star's teeth
- Brief flash of light
- Scintillate
- Reflected light
- What freshly waxed cars do
- Slight manifestation
- Brief twinkle
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 SHIMMER
- Appear to vibrate in the heat
- Wavering image
- Shine, as sunlight on water
- Tremulous glow
- Glisten
- Gleam faintly.
- Vibrate, as with heat waves
- Shine with a flickering light