Clues for the word "SMILE"
We've had 194 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 389 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on January 17, 2026.
Definition of smile
- v. i. - To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
- v. i. - To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
- v. i. - To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
- v. i. - To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
- v. t. - To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.
- v. t. - To affect in a certain way with a smile.
- v. i. - The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.
- v. i. - A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
- v. i. - Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence.
- v. i. - Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
Referring Clues
- "Look happy!"
- Model's asset
- Photog's request
- Show one's pearly whites
- "Get ready for the camera!"
- Winner's look
- Lips service?
- It's heard just before a click
- Photographer's request
- Mona Lisa attribute
- Put on a happy face
- Word before a snap
- Request before a click
- Say "cheese," say
- Grin
- Use one's zygomatic muscles
- "The Shadow of Your ___"
- Prepare to get shot?
- Measure of pleasure
- You might crack one while playing
- Beam
- Word said before someone snaps
- "Say cheese!"
- Expression of amusement
- Flash the pearly whites
- "Cheesy" look?
- Shutterbug's command
- "Cheese" accompaniment
- Prepare to be shot
- Your umbrella, perhaps
- Toothpaste ad feature
- Enigmatic feature of Mona Lisa
- "Candid Camera" request
- Upside-down frown
- Prepare to be shot?
- Shutterbug's request
- React to "cheese"
- Prepare for a shot
- Mug for the camera
- One may be radiant
- One may be wry
- Sign of pleasure
- One may be sly
- Upturned mug?
- Amused look
- React to a camera
- Dimple creator
- Bless, with "on"
- Show pleasure
- "Say cheese!"
- Request from a photog
- Express happiness
- Look content
- Show satisfaction
- Show approval, in a way
- "Let a ___ be Your Umbrella"
- Canine show?
- Word from Funt
- Happy face feature
- Let it be your umbrella
- Photographer's word, often
- ), in an emoticon
- Look happy
- One way to show pleasure
- Request from Allen Funt
- Something to crack
- Bless, with "on"
- The parenthesis in :-)
- Shooter's request
- Cry before someone snaps
- Show your pearly whites
- Umbrella metaphor in an old song
- Funt's "Candid Camera" directive
- "Mona Lisa" feature
- Photographer's command
- "Let a ____ Be Your Umbrella"
- "___, you're on 'Candid Camera!'"
- Mona Lisa feature
- Mona Lisa trademark
- Pleased expression
- Prepare to be photographed
- Funt's directive
- Obey Allen Funt
- 'Say cheese'
- Say 'cheese'
- Wear a grin
- Happy look
- Cry before someone snaps?
- What "cheese" produces
- After 37-Across, John Prine song
- Bless, with "upon"
- Face lift?
- Look amused
- Enigmatic feature of this puzzle's subject
- Prepare to be snapped
- Something that goes with "cheese"
- Request before a snap
- Prepare for a selfie
- Facial arc
- "Peace begins with a ___": Mother Teresa
- "I'm shooting you now"
- Request at a sitting
- Say cheese
- It's uttered before the flash
- Act glad
- Photog's directive
- Photographer's order
- Obey the photographer
- Command before a click
- Pleasant facial feature
- Be visibly delighted
- Expression of happiness
- Sign of friendliness
- Show satisfaction, in a way
- "Cheese!" consequence
- Happy expression
- "You're about to be photographed!"
- "We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do": Mother Teresa
- Show one's teeth, in a good way
- Photographer's word before taking a picture
- (k)An upside-down frown
- Opposite of frown
- Friendly expression
- Lily Allen hit of 2006
- Facial expression
- Brian Wilson's '04 album, finally
- David Lee Roth "Eat 'Em and ___"
- What David Lee Roth will do after he eats 'em?
- Steely Dan "When you ___ for the camera"
- Bad English "When I See You ___"
- Happy Uncle Kracker song?
- Emil's strangely happy expression
- Briefly that extra distance that brings evidence of happiness
- Show your teeth!
- Seem satisfied Emil's upset
- Look favourably on military occupation of the southeast
- Show you're pleased
- Visually express amusement
- Small distance which widens when happy
- Brian Wilson album not called "Frown"
- Expressions of happiness
- "When you call me that, ___"
- Pre-flash command
- ... look happy for a second's length
- Dimple maker
- "Mona Lisa ___"
- Please a photographer
- Seem pleased to be the subject of a graphic exposure?
- Word to a poser
- Scout leader getting long way with pleasant look
- Request before a shot
- Parenthesis, in many emoticons
- Call before a snap
- Look happy when getting fresh limes
- Expression shared by the answers to starred clues
- Flash one's pearly whites
- Optimist's urging
- Selfie expression
- Show joy on one's face
- Raina Telgemeier graphic novel about a girl with braces
- A narrow beam, perhaps?
- Happy face
- Look kindly on the photographer
- Cheese product?
- Photographer’s request
- Photographer's instruction
- A good thing for a selfie
- ), when it follows :-
- Chaplin standard
- Obey the photographer, perhaps
- Unexpected mug shot feature
- Seem happy, swimming in slime!
- The ")" in :-)
- Photographer's prompt
- Alfred E. Neuman feature
- Welcoming expression
- Cheese alternative?
- Directive before "You're on 'Candid Camera'"
- What to do at the mention of cheese?
- Miles can give a wry one
- What the ")" in :-) represents
- "Say kimchi!"
- One might be cracked
- Amused expression
- Many an emoticon
- Make this face :-)
- Say "cheese" for the 48-Across
- :)
- Photographer's directive
- Parenthesis, in an emoticon
- Cry before a shot
- Something said before a click
- "Turn that frown upside down!"
- Katy Perry album with the single "Cry About It Later"
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - January 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 01, 2026
- New York Times - December 30, 2025
- Daily American - December 22, 2025
- LA Times - December 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 19, 2025
- New York Times - October 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 03, 2025
- Daily American - September 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 13, 2025
- LA Times - August 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 25, 2025
- LA Times - June 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2025
- Daily American - May 31, 2025
- New York Times - May 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 16, 2025
- New York Times - March 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2025
- LA Times - January 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 18, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 30, 2024
- LA Times - November 20, 2024
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