The Clue
Aged (8 letter answer)
The Answer
MELLOWED
Tags
Notes
The answer MELLOWED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
MELLOW as a verb:
1. soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
2. (mellow, melt, mellow out) = become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
3. make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
MELLOWED as an adjective:
1. (mellow, mellowed) = having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
2. (mellow, mellowed) = having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"