The Clue
Brilliant (8 letter answer)
The Answer
DAZZLING
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Notes
The answer DAZZLING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
DAZZLE as a verb:
1. (dazzle, bedazzle, daze) = to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
2. amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"
DAZZLING as an adjective:
1. (dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous) = amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner; "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones
2. (blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary) = shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"