The Clue
Meet the bet at Reno (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FADE
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Notes
The answer FADE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Diminish
Evanesce
Languish
Vanish
Wane
Weaken
Wither
Become wan
Cover a bet
Dicer's verb
Disappear gradually
Falter at the finish
Get lighter
Grow dim
Lose brightness
Lose brilliance
Lose brilliancy
Lose color
Lose freshness
Movie shot
Pass the peak
Peter out
Screenplay direction
Wash out
Be outscored at the end
Become washed out
Die away, as a sound
Direction at a scene's end
Fall behind in the stretch
Lose one's blush
Lose strength in the backstretch
Move back to pass
Bet against the dice caster
Not do well in the stretch
Scene-ending film technique
What some things do in the sun
Definition
FADE as a noun:
1. (slice, fade, slicing) = a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
2. (fade, disappearance) = gradually ceasing to be visible
FADE as a verb:
1. (fade, melt) = become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
2. (fade, wither) = lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
3. (evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass) = disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
4. (languish, fade) = become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"