The Clue
Brain popper (4 letter answer)
The Answer
IDEA
Tags
Notes
The answer IDEA is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
Related Clues
Brainchild
Brainstorm
Conceit
Concept
Conception
Fancy
Glimmering
"Good ___!"
Impression
Inkling
Notion
Surmise
Thought
Brain wave
Bright thought
"Eureka!" cause
Germ for an invention
Intellection product
Noodle product?
Piece of mind?
Prelude to an invention
Prelude to a solution
Thesis basis
Comic's light bulb
Light bulb, symbolically
Reason to shout "Eureka!"
Something to think about
Spark, so to speak
Start of something big?
Writer's block buster
Comic-strip light bulb
Possible outcome of a brown study
" . . . an ___ whose time has come": Hugo
Definition
IDEA as a noun:
1. (idea, thought) = the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
2. a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
3. (estimate, estimation, approximation, idea) = an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
4. (mind, idea) = your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"
5. (theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea) = (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"