LIGHTEN Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 114 solutions for 'LIGHTEN' with 3 to 20 letters.
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The clue "lighten" last appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on April 19, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "EASE", a 4-letter word.

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Clue
Answer
Length
LIGHTEN with 11 letters
DE-EMPHASIZE
11
DISENCUMBER
11
KICK THE BEAM
11
MAKE LIGHTER
11
LIGHTEN with 12 letters
DISEMBARRASS
12
REDUCE WEIGHT
12
WEIGH LIGHTLY
12
LIGHTEN with 13 letters
SHED LIGHT UPON
13
LIGHTEN with 14 letters
FLOOD WITH LIGHT
14
TAKE THE EDGE OFF
14
THROW LIGHT UPON
14
LIGHTEN with 16 letters
HAVE LITTLE WEIGHT
16
KEEP WITHIN BOUNDS
16
LIGHTEN with 20 letters
REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE
20

Top answer for LIGHTEN crossword clue from newspapers

EASE

Definition of lighten

  • become lighter; "The room lightened up"; become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"; make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"; reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"

Anagrams of lighten

ENLIGHT

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Solution EASE is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution EASE is 4 letters long. We have 6 further solutions of the same word length.

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There are 114 solutions. The longest is REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE with 20 letters, and the shortest is AID with 3 letters.

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Solutions are between 3 and 20 letters long.

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1
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1
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