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393 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-07-02"There is nothing on earth so powerful as an ___ whose time has come" (proverb)
2026-06-10It may be big or bright
2026-03-24Brainstorm
2026-03-19"Here's an ___ …"
2026-02-16Something to noodle on
2026-01-06It comes to mind
2025-08-04Jumping-off point for an inventor
2025-07-17That's a thought
2025-07-05"What's the big ___?"
2025-06-24"Hey, what's the big ___?"
2025-05-20Brainstorm
2025-04-09A good one is bright
2025-01-26One might start as a seed
2024-11-17"The ___ of You" (2024 rom-com)
2024-11-15One might be floated or flirted with
2024-11-05"Here's a better ___ …"
2024-10-15What a light bulb represents in cartoons
2024-09-03"What's the big ___?"
2024-06-24Mental spark
2024-06-16Think about it!
2024-05-17Sneaking suspicion
2024-04-19Gist
2024-03-20End of a noodle?
2024-03-06Something to bat around
2024-03-03Keep it in mind!
2024-02-05Light bulb, in a comic strip
2024-01-03"Light" of a light bulb moment
2023-12-17Brainstorm
2023-12-06"Here's an ___ …"
2023-11-09"The very ___!"
2023-10-26Inkling
2023-10-17It's just a thought
2023-10-02Bit of inspiration
2023-09-04Brainchild
2023-08-06Light bulb, in comics
2023-05-14Theoretical substance for which a chemistry law is named
2023-04-17Brainstorming product
2023-03-31Something to think about
2023-03-15Brainchild
2023-03-09Brain spark
2023-03-01It's just a thought
2023-01-16Brainstorming product
2022-12-01The wheel was a good one
2022-11-20Nugget from a noggin
2022-10-21Head light?
2022-10-12"I have no ___"
2022-09-30Brain wave
2022-09-29Starting point for a plan
2022-09-25"The very ___!"
2022-09-20"The faintest" thing
2022-07-29Impression
2022-06-12Word implied in "I haven't the foggiest"
2022-06-02"You have no ___"
2022-05-13One may be floated or rough
2022-04-05It's a thought
2022-03-14Notion
2022-02-28One may be half-baked or brilliant
2022-01-23Creative springboard
2022-01-20Spark of a sort
2022-01-18"What's the big ___?"
2022-01-17Bit of inspiration
2022-01-13Thought
2022-01-12Cause for an aha
2021-12-07Starting place for an inventor
2021-12-06Notion
2021-11-29"What's the big ___?"
2021-11-26See 60-Down
2021-10-14Bit of creativity
2021-08-30Something that might pop into your head
2021-07-29Gist
2021-07-22"Where'd you get that ___?"
2021-07-09Piece of mind?
2021-06-01It's a thought
2021-04-23"The right" thing
2021-04-11"The slightest" or "the foggiest" thing
2021-04-07Mental spark
2021-03-10It might occur to you
2021-01-03"The very ___!"
2020-11-26It's a thought
2020-11-10Concept
2020-10-26Brainstorming output
2020-09-24Creative nugget
2020-08-09Theory
2020-05-30What a germ may become
2020-04-13Brainstorm
2020-02-06"Here's an ___ ..."
2019-12-05Brainstorming result
2019-11-17Conception
2019-11-09It might be put in your head
2019-09-23What a light bulb represents in the comics
2019-06-18Mental flash
2019-06-17Brainchild
2019-05-23Flash of genius, say
2019-05-02It can be bounced off someone
2019-04-30"The very ___!"
2019-03-13Patent preceder
2019-03-10Notion
2019-03-04Brainstorm
2019-02-22Patent prerequisite
2019-02-01Entrepreneur's start
2018-11-29Start of creation?
2018-11-25"Any ___?"
2018-10-23Brainstorm
2018-07-19"You have no ___"
2018-07-17Notion
2018-07-02What a light bulb indicates in cartoons
2018-04-16Creative start
2018-01-14Now there's a thought!
2017-11-18Unpatentable thing
2017-10-24Spark, so to speak
2017-10-20Conception
2017-10-14It's just in your head
2017-10-12Cents
2017-10-04What a cartoon light bulb represents
2017-08-22"The very ___!"
2017-05-15Notion
2017-04-16Inspiration
2017-03-05Think piece?
2017-01-22Think tank product
2017-01-11"I had no ___!"
2016-11-15What you may think of
2016-10-22Suspicion
2016-10-06Clue
2016-09-06"What's the big ___?"
2016-04-29It comes to a head
2016-04-27What comes to mind
2016-04-14Noodle concoction?
2016-03-14Notion
2016-03-13One that's out of one's head?
2016-02-21Impression
2016-02-08Brainstorm
2016-02-01Notion
2015-11-27"Paris is always a good ___" (line from the film "Sabrina")
2015-10-04It might begin with a "What if ...?"
2015-08-28Bean sprout?
2015-08-22One may get carried out
2015-07-06Brainchild
2015-05-01Noodle product
2015-04-23Something talked about in a TED talk
2014-10-16"Whose ___ was this?"
2014-08-21Bean product?
2014-08-05Inkling
2014-06-01Start of something big?
2014-03-11It may be just a hunch
2014-03-05It may be bounced off someone
2014-03-03Notion
2013-11-26Inkling
2013-09-26Potential solution
2013-09-18Writer's block buster
2013-08-11Fancy
2013-06-18The thought that counts?
2013-06-02Thought
2013-04-21"What's the big ___?"
2013-02-10Skull session result
2012-12-23"No ___" ("Don't ask me")
2012-12-09Suspicion
2012-11-16A good one is often carried out
2012-10-09The thought that counts?
2012-10-04It begins at conception
2012-08-19Spark, so to speak
2012-08-05Think about it
2012-04-12It's a thought
2012-03-14Word exclaimed after "no" or "good"
2012-03-10Possible solution
2012-02-13Brainstorm
2011-11-10Dome light?
2011-10-30Theory
2011-10-26Noodle product?
2011-10-16"You have no ___"
2011-08-16Brainstorm
2011-07-05Notion
2011-06-27"You have no ___!"
2011-06-07Glimmering
2011-06-02"Drawing is putting a line round an ___": Henri Matisse
2011-04-17Something that can't be patented
2011-03-20"If at first, the ___ is not absurd, then there is no hope for it": Einstein
2011-02-03---
2010-09-26Notion
2010-09-06It's just a thought
2010-08-31Invention starter
2010-06-01Comic-strip light bulb
2010-04-04Brain matter?
2010-03-16It's a thought
2010-01-26Child of invention?
2009-12-18Think piece?
2009-11-24Inkling
2009-11-22Start of a plan
2009-09-24Noodle product?
2009-09-16Mental flash
2009-07-08"Aha!" elicitor
2009-05-14Head light?
2009-03-05Coconut yield?
2009-02-18It may be bright
2009-01-21Trial balloon, e.g.
2008-12-30"What's the big ___?"
2008-12-25"No ___" ("Beats me")
2008-11-09Imagine that
2008-06-10Something to think about
2008-02-26Mental flash
2008-02-24Inspiration
2007-11-27Brainchild
2007-11-11Inkling
2007-10-30Theory's start
2007-10-18"The very ___!"
2007-10-08Think tank nugget
2007-09-13Bean sprout?
2007-06-27It pops into the head
2007-05-27Reason to shout "Eureka!"
2007-05-14Notion
2007-04-19Fancy
2007-04-01Guess
2007-01-25Fantasy
2006-12-05"I had no ___!"
2006-11-27Notion
2006-10-24Think tank nugget
2006-09-16What comes to mind
2006-07-19Think about it
2006-06-26Notion
2006-06-16What a germ may become
2006-05-08"You have no ___"
2006-02-15Cranial bulb?
2006-02-02Conception
2006-01-23Conception
2005-12-18"Good ___!"
2005-11-21Genesis of an invention
2005-09-21Prelude to a solution
2005-09-14"The very ___!"
2005-08-25Just think of it
2005-08-16Think tank nugget
2005-07-29Piece of mind?
2005-06-21Abstraction
2005-04-06Trial balloon, e.g.
2005-02-07"I had no ___!"
2005-01-24Bright thought
2004-11-24Think tank nugget
2004-11-10Noodle concoction?
2004-10-18Concept
2004-08-25Mental flash
2004-08-13Noodle product?
2004-08-02Inkling
2004-06-20What comes to mind
2004-06-10Inspiration
2004-03-29Think tank output
2004-03-24Bean concoction?
2004-03-01Brainstorm
2004-02-29Thesis basis
2004-02-02Notion
2004-01-15...
2003-12-25It comes to mind
2003-12-11It has a germ
2003-11-11Creative spark
2003-09-19It comes to mind
2003-09-17Mental flash
2003-08-11Brainstorm
2003-06-30"The very ___!"
2003-06-10Bean product?
2003-02-12Brainchild
2003-02-04Notion
2003-01-05Head piece?
2003-01-02Guess
2002-12-17Light bulb's signification, in cartoons
2002-12-04Inventor's start
2002-11-05Creative spark
2002-09-30Start of an invention
2002-09-26Matter for the gray matter
2002-09-23Brainstorm
2002-08-15Proposal
2002-08-13Possible solution
2002-07-24"What's the ___?!"
2002-07-22Brain wave
2002-06-11Creative spark
2002-04-22Brain wave
2002-02-19Inventor's starting point
2002-02-05Inspiration
2001-10-24Plan of action
2001-09-16Just a thought
2001-09-03Clever thought
2001-08-21Think tank nugget
2001-08-15Glimmering
2001-07-30Inkling
2001-05-10Matter for the gray matter
2001-05-09Edison product
2001-05-01Flash of inspiration
2001-04-09"I had no ___!"
2001-04-03Brain wave
2001-03-13Notion
2001-02-08Bit of planning
2001-01-08Bright thought
2000-12-11Brainstorm
2000-12-10Concept
2000-11-24Piece of one's mind?
2000-09-30Think about it
2000-09-29Noodle concoction
2000-09-13Inkling
2000-09-05Notion
2000-08-28Concept
2000-08-20The light bulb, to Edison
2000-08-15Brain wave
2000-08-01Brainstorm
2000-07-18Concept
2000-07-12Sneaking suspicion
2000-06-15Brain popper
2000-05-07Flash
2000-04-10Brainstorm
2000-02-22Light bulb, figuratively
2000-02-14Notion
2000-01-31Notion
2000-01-26Sneaking suspicion
2000-01-19Patent prerequisite
1999-12-21Notion
1999-12-20"I had no ___!"
1999-12-08Inkling
1999-11-23Bright thought
1999-11-06Fancy
1999-09-27Inkling
1999-09-21Conception
1999-09-20Brainstorm
1999-09-14"I had no ___!"
1999-08-25Brainwave
1999-07-28Start of something big?
1999-04-12Concept
1999-03-24Inspiration
1999-03-04Designer's need
1999-01-12Brainstorm
1998-12-18Something to think about
1998-12-07Inventive thought
1998-11-16Inspiration
1998-10-27Brainstorm
1998-10-17It may be fixed
1998-07-27It might make you say "Aha!"
1998-06-29The very notion
1998-05-21Fancy
1998-03-30Brainstorm
1998-03-11Think tank product
1998-03-10Concept
1998-01-19Notion
1997-11-28Essay's basis
1997-10-28Bright thought
1997-10-01Brainstorm
1997-07-16Game plan
1997-06-10Brainstorm
1997-05-28Brainstorm
1997-04-03Think of it!
1997-03-11Conception
1997-02-26Bright thought
1997-02-24Light bulb, in cartoons
1997-01-09Think of it!
1996-11-11Brainstorm
1996-11-07Sneaking suspicion
1996-09-24Brainstorm
1996-09-18"Good ___!"
1996-09-07Glimmering
1996-09-02Brainstorm
1996-08-05Bright thought
1996-07-29"What's the big___?"
1996-07-28Impression
1996-07-23Think tank output
1996-06-17Bright thought
1996-06-04Brainstorm
1996-05-27Brainstorm
1996-04-17Creative start
1996-03-29Meaning
1996-03-27Brainchild
1996-01-23Brainstorm
1995-12-04Thought
1995-10-03Stars : pain :: light bulb : _____
1995-09-07Notion
1995-08-07Brainstorm
1995-08-04Think tank nugget
1995-07-17Notion
1995-05-30Think about it
1995-01-29"The very _____!"
1995-01-28Impression
1994-12-26Notion
1994-12-14Something to think about
1994-11-14Start of an invention
1994-10-16Inkling
1994-10-13Flash
1994-09-16Imagine that!
1994-08-30Concept
1994-08-10Sneaking suspicion
1994-07-13Conception
1994-06-16"The very _____!"
1994-05-11Bit of brainwork
1994-05-08Think of it!
1994-04-11Brainstorm
1994-04-05"I have no _____!"
1994-03-13Brainchild
1994-02-25Fancy
1994-02-18"The _____!" (hmmph!)
1994-02-08Impression
1994-01-31Madison Avenue product
1993-12-23Creative input