Crossword-Solution: SHINE 5 letters, 171 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
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.
Shine	v. i.	To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
Shine	v. i.	To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
Shine	v. i.	To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
Shine	v. t.	To cause to shine, as a light.
Shine	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.
Shine	n.	The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
Shine	n.	Sunshine; fair weather.
Shine	n.	A liking for a person; a fancy.
Shine	n.	Caper; antic; row.
Shine	v. i.	Shining; sheen.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
SHINE	anagram	ESHIN, HESIN, HINES, HSIEN, NEHIS, SHEIN

We have 171 clues for the answer “SHINE”

Clue	Answers
"Chattanooga Shoe ___ Boy"	1 answer
"The wind's feet ___ along the sea."—Swinburne.	1 answer
1996 Geoffrey Rush film	1 answer
1996 film for which Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor	1 answer
A liking or fancy: Slang.	1 answer
Alternative to rain	1 answer
Be eminent	1 answer
Be fair.	1 answer
Best Picture Oscar nominee that lost to "The English Patient"	1 answer
Boot enhancer	1 answer
Bootblack's cry.	1 answer
Bootblack's handiwork.	1 answer
Bootblack's job	1 answer
Bootblack's query	1 answer
Bootblack's verb or noun	1 answer
Bright weather.	1 answer
Brother Cane "And Fools ___ On"	1 answer
Clean silver.	1 answer
Do an outstanding job	1 answer
Excel (at)	1 answer
Excel, as in school	1 answer
Fair weather.	1 answer
Film for which Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor	1 answer
Follower of sun or moon	1 answer
Geoffrey Rush film	1 answer
Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar for it	1 answer
Geoffrey Rush's Best Actor film	1 answer
Give an impressive performance	1 answer
It lost out to "The English Patient" for Best Picture	1 answer
Look like a star	1 answer
Moon or shoe	1 answer
Movie for which Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar	1 answer
Opposite of rain.	1 answer
Perform exceptionally	1 answer
Perform exceptionally well	1 answer
Perform magnificently	1 answer
Perform really well	1 answer
Perform well	1 answer
Polish one's shoes	1 answer
Rain alternative	1 answer
Rain's counterpart	1 answer
Rain's opposite	1 answer
Really impress the critics	1 answer
Request to the harvest moon	1 answer
Rise companion	1 answer
Rise partner	1 answer
Rise's follower	1 answer
Rise's partner	1 answer
Rush flick	1 answer
Rush, Geoffrey Oscar-winning film starring	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

ETAER

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with SHINE (5)

All your bowls and all your kettles Shall be wood and clay no longer; But the bowls be changed to wampum, And the kettles shall be silver; They shall shine like shells of scarlet, Like the fire shall gleam and glimmer.

The Song Of Hiawatha Henry W. Longfellow 1991

The first sort by thir own suggestion fell, Self-tempted, self-deprav’d: Man falls deceiv’d By the other first: Man therefore shall find grace, The other none: in Mercy and Justice both, Through Heav’n and Earth, so shall my glorie excel, But Mercy first and last shall brightest shine.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

Rain or shine, work or no work, at the end of each week the money must be forthcoming, or I must give up my privilege.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1992

After a dozen trials he succeeded in lighting the lantern, which he placed in front of Alexandra, half covering it with a blanket so that the light would not shine in her eyes.

O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991

Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the north-west; far away through the plantation, Vega sparkled like a lamp suspended amid the leafless trees, and Cassiopeia’s chair stood daintily poised on the uppermost boughs.

Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992

Quotes with SHINE (3)

I cut myself because you wouldn't let me cry. I cried because you wouldn't let me speak. I spoke because you wouldn't let me shine. I shone because I thought you loved me...

Emilie Autumn The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

You make me smile like the sun, fall out bed, sing like a bird, dizzy in my head. Spin like a record crazy on a sunday night. You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breath, shine like the sun buzz like a bee, just the thought of you can drive me wild. Oh you make me smile. -Uncle Kracker-

Uncle Kracker

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.

Jaachynma N.E. Agu The Prince and the Pauper

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 250 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).