Clues for the word "BRAINY"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 41 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 05, 2025.
Definition of brainy
- a. - Having an active or vigorous mind.
Referring Clues
- Intellectually gifted
- Bright
- Quick on the uptake
- Mensa material
- Intelligent
- Smart
- IQ informally
- IQ informally
- Like the valedictorian
- Opposite of dense
- Like eggheads
- Qualified for Mensa
- Like an egghead
- Qualified to join Mensa
- Very bright
- Clever
- By trapping the water, showing to be intelligent
- Clever and original but wet
- Having a high IQ
- Clever binary code
- 12 B 21?
- Intellectual
- Blustery at first, with frequent showers, but bright
- Intelligent, informally
- By taking a shower, becomes clever?
- By going without water becomes very clever
- Brilliant in binary code
- Bright and blustery at first, then wet
- Quite smart
- Cerebral
- A big-headed wet, but clever
- Bright, though with bad weather coming through next
- From very bright to b..... wet!
- Very bright or black and showery
- By holding water, is shown to be intelligent
- Super-smart
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 05, 2025
- USA Today - January 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 27, 2024
- USA Today - August 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 14, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 08, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 22, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - January 19, 2018
- Netword - June 22, 2017
- USA Today - May 22, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - October 06, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - August 12, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 16, 2015
- Evening Standard Quick - October 13, 2015
- Wall Street Journal - January 09, 2015
- Wall Street Journal - August 08, 2014
- New York Times - March 04, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - June 14, 2013
- Washington Post - February 19, 2013
- Guardian Quick - November 20, 2012
- LA Times - August 30, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - July 30, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 28, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - October 28, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - August 17, 2010
- USA Today - August 04, 2009
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 16, 2009
- And in 11 more crossword puzzles...