Clues for the word "BIGHT"
We've had 19 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 12 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 09, 2026.
Definition of bight
- v. - A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
- v. - A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
- v. - The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
Referring Clues
- Shoreline curve
- River bend
- Loop of a rope
- Coastline recess
- Slack part in a rope
- Indent in a coast line
- Bend in a shoreline
- Large broad bay
- Snap audibly "It's a bay!"
- It's wide and curved, with substantial height
- Pronounced pungency in bay
- Large hospital at end of that wide bay(5)
- Changing at the front, rowing crew in large bay
- Bay, old-style
- Coastal feature of great height, it would seem!
- Bay
- Great extremes of heat causing depression on the coast
- Bay in which the fish take the bait, you say
- It's like a wide mouth, and you can hear it bite
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - August 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 14, 2022
- Guardian Quick - May 16, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 24, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - March 16, 2014
- Guardian Everyman - January 31, 2010
- Netword - December 21, 2007
- New York Times - May 18, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - March 15, 2002