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 New York Times in 2024.
Performs brilliantly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHINES | 100 % | 6 |
Why may SHINES be the right solution?
"Performs brilliantly" is a clue that suggests someone is doing exceptionally well. The word "shines" can mean to perform exceptionally or brilliantly, making it the right answer for this clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Performs brilliantly
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- journeyman
- performance
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- blaze away
- virtuoso
- accomplish
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- achieve
- achieving
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.
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