The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIMS , but the solution may also be VEILS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Obscures crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIMS | 17 % | 4 |
| FOGS | 17 % | 4 |
| BEDIMS | 11 % | 6 |
| VEILS | 11 % | 5 |
| DARKENS | 8 % | 7 |
| BECLOUDS | 8 % | 8 |
| MISTS | 6 % | 5 |
| BEFOGS | 6 % | 6 |
| HAZES | 3 % | 5 |
| BLOTS | 3 % | 5 |
| CLOUDS | 3 % | 6 |
| BLINDS | 3 % | 6 |
| SCREENS | 3 % | 7 |
| BLURS | 3 % | 5 |
Why may VEILS be the right solution?
"Obscures" is a clue that indicates hiding or covering up something. "Veils" is the right answer because a veil is a piece of fabric that can be used to obscure or cover something, such as a person's face.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obscures
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
DIMS verb- To make something less bright.
- To become darker.
- To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
- To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
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 DIMS
- Turns down
- Grows faint
- Turns the lights down
- Darkens
- Lowers, lightwise
- Becomes faint
- Turns down, as lights
- Fades out
- Lowers, as lights
- Lowers, in a way
More clues leading to the result FOGS
- Heavy mists
- Airport dangers
- Confused states
- They're tough to see through
- London forecasts
- Tarmac hazards
- Gets all misty
- Obscuring hazes
- Obscures, as with moisture
- Confuses
More clues leading to the result BEDIMS
- Makes murky
- Darkens
- Blurs the sight.
- Darkens.
- Obscures, to the Bard
- Obscures
- Clouds
- Obfuscates
- Makes hazy
- De-brights, old-style
More clues leading to the result VEILS
- Disguises
- Salome's septet
- Salome danced with them
- Camouflages
- Head coverings
- Obscures
- Bridal cover-ups
- Wedding cover-ups
- Dance of the seven ___
- Salome's seven
More clues leading to the result DARKENS
- Stains
- Loses light
- Dims
- Grows dimmer
- Grows dim
- What a photochromic lens does in daylight
- Obscures.
- What the moon does during a lunar eclipse
- Obumbrates
- Lowers lights
More clues leading to the result BECLOUDS
More clues leading to the result MISTS
- Fogs up
- Fine sprays
- Drizzles
- Drops in the air
- Light fogs
- Sprays
- They hang around waterfalls
- Waters gently
- Atomizes
- Rains lightly
More clues leading to the result BEFOGS
- Covers in mist
- Hazes over
- Confuses
- Wraps in mist
- Renders unclear
- Bewilders.
- Enshrouds in a mist
- Obscures
- Leaves mystified
- Clouds up
More clues leading to the result HAZES
- Initiates, frat-style
- Persecutes pledges
- Initiates roughly
- Bad air conditions
- Confused states
- Harasses, as a prospective frat member
- Visibility hamperers
- Horizon obscurers
- Obscuring atmospheres
- Skyline obscurers
More clues leading to the result BLOTS
- LSD units
- Rorschach test fodder
- They may be interpreted in a shrink's office
- Ink-spill leftovers
- Reputation demerits
- Soaks up, as a spill
- Discoloring stains
- Uses Bounty, for example
- Ink stains
- Blemishes
More clues leading to the result CLOUDS
- Planes may bisect them
- Rain omens
- Storm warnings
- "Ice cream castles in the air," in a Mitchell song
- Sun blockers
- 1969 55-Across album whose last song is 20-Across
- "Feather canyons everywhere," to Joni Mitchell
- Sky sights
- Clear sky's lack
- Rain makers.
More clues leading to the result BLINDS
- Shades
- Places of concealment
- Curtains alternative
- Window coverings with slats
- Window coverings
- Duck-hunters' retreats.
- Dazzles.
- Window shutters.
- Subterfuges.
- Obscures
More clues leading to the result SCREENS
- They keep bugs out
- Previews, as movies
- Multiplex features
- Veils
- Does a personnel job
- Hides
- Projects
- Conceals
- Does a security job
- Multiplex theater count