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Word entry · 4 letters

dark

Best crossword clue

"After-sunset state"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /dɑːk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted adkrStarts with DEnds with K11 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. With little or no light

Word origin

From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”).

Used in a sentence

  • “The room was too dark for reading.”
  • “It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […]”
  • “Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues

01“After-sunset state”4 letters
02“Dim or without light”4 letters
03“Hard to see in”4 letters
04“Lacking light”4 letters
05“Lightless”4 letters
06“Movie theater state”4 letters
07“Opposite of light”4 letters
08“With little light”4 letters
09“Without light”4 letters
10“Without much light”4 letters
11“Not bright”4 letters

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