The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BEDIM , but the solution may also be CLOUD which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Obscure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BEDIM | 18 % | 5 |
| BEFOG | 11 % | 5 |
| BLUR | 8 % | 4 |
| DIM | 7 % | 3 |
| ARCANE | 6 % | 6 |
| CLOUD | 5 % | 5 |
| VEIL | 4 % | 4 |
| DARKEN | 3 % | 6 |
| HIDE | 3 % | 4 |
| DARK | 2 % | 4 |
| FOG | 2 % | 3 |
| DEEP | 2 % | 4 |
| INNER | 2 % | 5 |
| MUDDY | 2 % | 5 |
| BECLOUD | 2 % | 7 |
| MASK | 2 % | 4 |
| MISTY | 2 % | 5 |
| UNNOTED | 1 % | 7 |
| FUZZY | 1 % | 5 |
| BLEAR | 1 % | 5 |
| SHADE | 1 % | 5 |
| UNKNOWN | 1 % | 7 |
| OPAQUE | 1 % | 6 |
| VAGUE | 1 % | 5 |
| ESOTERIC | 1 % | 8 |
| HIDDEN | 1 % | 6 |
| FAINT | 1 % | 5 |
| MIRKY | 1 % | 5 |
| RECONDITE | 1 % | 9 |
| BLOTOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| MIST | 1 % | 4 |
| CLOUDY | 1 % | 6 |
| BEMIST | 1 % | 6 |
| REMOTE | 1 % | 6 |
| MURKY | 1 % | 5 |
| UNCLEAR | 1 % | 7 |
| HAZY | 1 % | 4 |
| OVERSHADOW | 1 % | 10 |
| NONAME | 1 % | 6 |
| UNEVIDENT | 1 % | 9 |
| MYSTIC | 1 % | 6 |
| CRYPTIC | 1 % | 7 |
| FOGGY | 1 % | 5 |
| ECLIPSE | 1 % | 7 |
| DENSE | 1 % | 5 |
| CLOUDED | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obscure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hidden
- unclear
- vague
- isolated
- invisible
- indeterminate
- confuse
- unknown
- incomprehensible
- dishonorable
- benight
- inglorious
Crossword Answer definitions
BEDIM verb- To make dim; to obscure or darken.
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 BEDIM
- Cloud
- Darken
- Obscure
- Make less bright
- Lower the lighting in
- Make obscure
- Make murky
- Make shadowy
- Obfuscate
- Shroud
More clues leading to the result BEFOG
More clues leading to the result BLUR
- Indistinct sight
- "Song 2" band
- Britpop band with the 2015 album "The Magic Whip"
- Britpop band with the album "13"
- Magoo's vision
- Myope's vision
- Speeder's view?
- Very bad snapshot
- Out of focus image
- Become unfocused
More clues leading to the result DIM
- No rocket scientist
- __ bulb (not too bright)
- Not bright
- Shadowy
- Turn the lights down
- __ bulb (stupid person)
- Not so sharp (and the start of a split order of finger food)
- Indistinct
- Vague
- Barely turned on
More clues leading to the result ARCANE
- Esoteric
- Mysterious
- Understood by only a few
- Like knowledge that should be kept to a minimum in crossword clues
- Difficult to understand
- Incomprehensible
- Like Stonehenge's true purpose, e.g.
- Select, as knowledge
- Known to just a few
- Hidden and mysterious
More clues leading to the result CLOUD
- Sun block
- Joe Btfsplk's constant companion
- Cumulus
- Symbol of gloom
- Sun blocker
- Storage location
- Smoke mass
- Sleet source
- Sun screen
- Fluffy floater
More clues leading to the result VEIL
- Conceal
- Make indecipherable
- Means of concealment
- Mug hider
- Nuptial netting
- Wedding wear
- Shroud
- Bridal garment
- Cover up
- Facial cover
More clues leading to the result DARKEN
- Become ominous
- Dim
- Becloud
- Throw shadows on
- Add more shading to
- ___ one's door (come to visit)
- Fill in
- Obscure
- Go from dusk to night
- ___ one's door (stop by)
More clues leading to the result HIDE
- Hair's partner
- _____-and-seek
- Store away
- ___-and-seek
- Animal skin
- Go underground
- Pelt
- Tannery skin
- Participate in a kids' game
- "He's coming!"
More clues leading to the result DARK
- Gloomy
- "____ Shadows"
- Pitch black
- Like film noir
- Unlit
- Chiaroscuro factor
- After sundown
- In shadow
- Foreboding
- Shadowy
More clues leading to the result FOG
- Airport hazard
- Frequent London phenomenon
- Mist
- Certain cloud
- Mariners' menace
- Flying hazard
- London covering
- Visibility problem
- Visibility hindrance
- Navigation problem
More clues leading to the result DEEP
- Difficult to understand
- Word with freeze or pit
- __ Blue (Kasparov foe of '96)
- Abysmal
- How still waters run
- Not shallow
- Profound
- Like things that make you go "hmm ..."
- "You just blew my mind, dude"
- Super philosophical, man
More clues leading to the result INNER
- Kind of tube
- "___ Sanctum" (old radio show)
- ____ city
- ____ sanctum
- Sanctum or tube
- Deeply felt
- Private
- Word with child and strength
- ___ self
- Not obvious
More clues leading to the result MUDDY
- Nickname in the blues
- Roiled up, as a river
- Clouded with sediment
- Waters of the blues
- Unclear, as meaning
- Like dirt roads after rain
- Not clear
- Confused
- Sloppy, as a racetrack
- Unclear
More clues leading to the result BECLOUD
More clues leading to the result MASK
- Face covering
- Goalie's need
- Face guard
- Obscure
- Cher film
- Conceal
- Hockey goalie's protection
- Mud bath covering
- 1985 Cher movie
- Superhero accessory
More clues leading to the result MISTY
- Johnny Mathis hit of 1959
- Mathis classic
- Foggy
- Indistinct
- 1959 Johnny Mathis hit
- ___-eyed (close to tears)
- Tearing up
- 1959 Johnny Mathis classic
- A bit teary-eyed
- Erroll Garner hit
More clues leading to the result UNNOTED
More clues leading to the result FUZZY
More clues leading to the result BLEAR
- Overshadow
- Teary-eyed
- Get tearily dim
- Vision problem
- Hamper, as vision
- Make fuzzy
- Indistinct
- Cloudiness
- Dim
- Make indistinct
More clues leading to the result SHADE
- Elm offering
- Protect, in a way
- Color variation
- Bed Bath & Beyond purchase
- Color choice
- What sombreros offer
- Nuance
- Chiaroscuro feature
- Coloration
- What an elm casts
More clues leading to the result UNKNOWN
- Like X
- Obscure
- Something to solve for, in algebra
- Far from famous
- With 41 Across, enshrined hero
- X, in algebra
- Anonymous
- x, at times
- Inconnu.
- Incalculable.
More clues leading to the result OPAQUE
- Not clear
- Impenetrable, in a way
- Impossible to see through
- Unfathomable
- Not transparent
- Hard to grasp
- Not transparent or translucent
- Hard to understand
- Light-blocking
- Murky
More clues leading to the result VAGUE
- Not clear
- Sketchy
- Hard to pin down
- Unspecific
- Fuzzy
- Nonspecific
- Nebulous
- Not clearly expressed
- Undefined
- Hard to make out
More clues leading to the result ESOTERIC
- Puzzling
- Arcane
- Abstruse
- Inscrutable
- Intended for a select few
- Only for certain tastes
- Not for everyone
- Way-out
- Not widely known
- Like trivia
More clues leading to the result HIDDEN
- Out of sight
- Under wraps
- Like stashes and caches
- With 40-Across, ulterior motive
- Put away
- Like eggs in an Easter hunt
- With 71-Across, what the answers to starred clues contain?
- __ camera
- Like Easter eggs before the hunt
- Concealed
More clues leading to the result FAINT
- Barely audible
- Almost inaudible
- Hard to make out
- Hardly perceptible
- Woozy
- Ready to plotz
- Hard to hear or see
- Dim
- Pass out
- Indistinct
More clues leading to the result MIRKY
More clues leading to the result RECONDITE
More clues leading to the result BLOTOUT
- Eclipse, as the sun
- Obscure from view, as in an eclipse
- Eclipse
- Obscure
- Cover from view
- Obliterate from memory
More clues leading to the result MIST
- Drops in the air
- Drizzly-day phenomenon
- Fog
- Not quite a shower
- Fine droplets
- "Gorillas in the ___: The Story of Dian Fossey"
- Atomizer's release
- Film noir staple
- Produce section effect
- Cloud up
More clues leading to the result CLOUDY
- Turbid
- Overcast
- Iffy forecast
- Uncertain
- Frequent forecast
- Weather prediction.
- Obscure.
- Overcast.
- Like poor fest conditions
- Weather Channel forecast
More clues leading to the result BEMIST
More clues leading to the result REMOTE
- Out-of-the-way
- Couch potato's zapper
- Roku controller
- Universal ___
- Commercial zapper
- Hard to get to
- Essential device for a couch potato
- Distant
- Couch potato's device
- Show stopper?
More clues leading to the result MURKY
- Darkly obscure
- Unclear
- Darkly vague
- Obscure
- Hard to see through
- Obscured by haze
- Glooms
- Difficult to penetrate
- Indefinite
- Obscured with smoke.
More clues leading to the result UNCLEAR
More clues leading to the result HAZY
- Confused
- Unclear
- Smog-covered
- Vague
- Indistinct
- Dim
- Like an unfocused image
- Lacking distinctness
- Vague, as a recollection
- Lacking clarity
More clues leading to the result OVERSHADOW
- Eclipse
- Dwarf by comparison
- Obscure.
- Make less significant by comparison
- Outdo in importance
- Dwarf
- Outshine
More clues leading to the result NONAME
- Brand X
- Generic
- Generic or obscure
- Lacking fame
- Anonymous
- Like a generic brand
- Brand-X
- Unbranded
- Hardly distinguished
- Unpopular sort
More clues leading to the result UNEVIDENT
More clues leading to the result MYSTIC
- Nostradamus, e.g.
- Rasputin was one
- Religiously arcane
- River to Boston Harbor
- Boston Harbor feeder
- Enigmatic
- Like the Rosicrucians
- Seer
- Involving otherworldly practices
- Occult figure
More clues leading to the result CRYPTIC
- Sphinx-like
- Mysterious
- Secret.
- Mysterious.
- Puzzling
- Megadeth "___ Writings"
- Like a London Times crossword clue
- Obscure
More clues leading to the result FOGGY
- Vague
- Like low-visibility weather, sometimes
- Like much London weather
- Like pea soup
- Murky
- Like London weather, often
- Like San Francisco summer weather, often
- Obscured
- Bewildered
- Obfuscated
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?
More clues leading to the result DENSE
- Compact
- Like a pea-soup fog
- No Einstein
- None too swift
- Thick
- Thickheaded
- Tightly packed
- Slow
- Incredibly thick
- Not bright