The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHINES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Glistens crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHINES | 43 % | 6 |
| GLEAMS | 36 % | 6 |
| SHIMMERS | 7 % | 8 |
| SHEENS | 7 % | 6 |
| SPARKLES | 7 % | 8 |
Why may SHINES be the right solution?
"Shines" is the right answer because it is a synonym for "glistens," meaning to reflect light brightly or to sparkle.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Glistens
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- glitter
- glister
- scintillation
- sparkle
- gleam
- glint
- shine
- shines
- glistering
- glinting
- glimmers
- glimmering
Crossword Answer definitions
SHINES 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 SHINES
- Spiffs up the wingtips
- Coruscates
- Gleams
- Glistens
- Glimmers
- Puts a gloss on, as shoes
- Excels
- Performs well
- Polishes
- Really shows off
More clues leading to the result GLEAMS
- Shines
- Is scintillating
- Lustrous flickers
- Gives light
- Ocular signs of planning?
- Sparkles
- Emulates Key's twilight
- Shines subtly
- Flashes.
- Glistens.
More clues leading to the result SHIMMERS
More clues leading to the result SHEENS
- Lusters
- Glossy surfaces
- Father-and-son "Wall Street" co-stars
- Radiances
- Martin and Charlie
- Dog groomer's goals
- Glistens.
- Glosses.
- Lusters.
- Lustrous surfaces.