The Clue
On fire (3 letter answer)
The Answer
LIT
Tags
Notes
The answer LIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
Afire
Blitzed
Blotto
Boozy
Brightened
Burning
English ___
Fried
Ignited
Illuminated
Inebriated
Intoxicated
Kindled
On, as a lamp
Plastered
Potted
Settled
Soused
Sozzled
Squiffed
Stewed
Stiff
Turned on
Wasted
On, in a way
Beyond tipsy
Eng. course
Flambé, say
Pie-eyed
Put a match to
Put to the torch
Sauced up
Fiction course, for short
Wagon-___ (Parisian Pullman)
Illuminated, as Saint-Exupéry's instrument lamps
Definition
LIT as a noun:
1. (literature, lit) = the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"
LIGHT as a verb:
1. (light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate) = make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
2. (light up, fire up, light) = begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
3. (alight, light, perch) = to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
4. (ignite, light) = cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
5. (fall, light) = fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
6. (unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down) = get off (a horse)
LIT as an adjective:
1. (illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted) = provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
2. (lighted, lit) = set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"