Clues for the word "SHINE"
We've had 89 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 187 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on November 28, 2025.
Definition of shine
- v. i. - To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
- v. i. - To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
- v. i. - To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
- v. i. - To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
- v. t. - To cause to shine, as a light.
- v. t. - To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
- n. - The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
- n. - Sunshine; fair weather.
- n. - A liking for a person; a fancy.
- n. - Caper; antic; row.
- v. i. - Shining; sheen.
Referring Clues
- "Rise and ___!"
- 1996 film for which Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor
- Excel
- Bootblack's job
- Perform well
- Sparkle
- Stand out
- Rise and ___
- Distinguish oneself
- Liking
- Perform superbly
- Glow
- What light bulbs and bootblacks do
- "Chattanooga Shoe ___ Boy"
- Movie for which Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar
- Buff
- Alternative to rain
- Excel, as in school
- 1996 Geoffrey Rush film
- Twinkle
- Perform very well
- It lost out to "The English Patient" for Best Picture
- Shoe restoration
- Give off light
- Perform exceptionally
- Rise partner
- "Rise and ___!"
- Polish up
- Be brilliant
- Look like a star
- Shoe finish
- Perform exceptionally well
- Perform brilliantly
- Wow 'em!
- Word with moon or shoe
- Glisten
- Waxing result
- Scintillate
- Gleam
- Rain alternative
- Polish
- Sparkle, as shoes
- Really stand out
- Rise to the top
- Radiate
- Polish one's shoes
- Luster
- Shoe's sparkle
- Really impress the critics
- Bootblack's offering
- Glimmer
- Polish shoes
- Movie with Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott
- Emit light
- Buffing result
- Brother Cane "And Fools ___ On"
- Soul Asylum "Let Your Dim Light ___"
- Gloss
- Liking the result of one's elbow grease
- 15's timid about one gaseous element, shifting my zodiac around
- Be bright
- Bootblack's verb or noun
- Sparkle, as stars
- Perform really well
- Give an impressive performance
- He's in form to do well
- Turn heads during the audition
- Give out a bright light
- What diamonds and straight-A students do
- Do well, showing a certain polish
- With some internal pain, she will do well
- Amid fluttering hens, I do well
- Stand out in performance
- What stars and bootblacks both do
- Take a ___ to (start liking)
- Stand out from the crowd
- Shampoo bottle promise
- Liking to excel
- Radiance
- *Certain forecast
- Liking the result of your elbow grease
- Glow brightly
- Excel (at)
- Rain's counterpart
- Polish, as a shoe
- Polish, as shoes
- Glitter
- What starry skies and star pupils do
- Have a standout performance
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 28, 2025
- LA Times - November 02, 2025
- New York Times - September 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 07, 2025
- New York Times - July 22, 2025
- Daily American - June 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 04, 2024
- LA Times - April 21, 2024
- USA Today - April 02, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2024
- Daily American - February 03, 2024
- Mirror Mini - January 03, 2024
- LA Times - November 13, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 06, 2023
- Family Time - October 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 11, 2023
- LA Times - August 10, 2023
- New York Times - August 02, 2023
- Daily American - June 18, 2023
- USA Today - June 13, 2023
- LA Times - May 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 28, 2023
- Mirror Mini - January 03, 2023
- And in 157 more crossword puzzles...