The Clue
Germ for an invention (4 letter answer)
The Answer
IDEA
Tags
Notes
The answer IDEA is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
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Brainchild
Brainstorm
Conceit
Concept
Conception
Fancy
Glimmer
Impression
Inkling
Inspiration
Notion
Thought
Brain's offspring
Bright thought
Coconut yield?
Cranial bulb?
"Eureka!" cause
Game plan
Invention starter
Patent predecessor
Possible solution
Seed of an invention
Theory's start
The thought that counts?
Germ for a TV pitch
Light bulb, symbolically
Overhead light bulb?
Comic-strip light bulb
"No ___" ("Don't ask me")
What a germ may become
" . . . 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"