Not too bright?

The answer to “Not too bright?” in the USA Today crossword is CLOUDY — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on August 12, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 16-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Not too bright?” answer

CLOUDY (6 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is CLOUDY.

What does CLOUDY mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CLOUDY is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Not too bright?” appeared?

USA Today reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 12, 2026 (most recent) → CLOUDY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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