The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DILATES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Expands crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DILATES | 24 % | 7 |
| GROWS | 17 % | 5 |
| WIDENS | 14 % | 6 |
| ADDSONTO | 7 % | 8 |
| SPLAYS | 7 % | 6 |
| DISTENDS | 7 % | 8 |
| SWELLS | 3 % | 6 |
| ENLARGES | 3 % | 8 |
| OPENSUP | 3 % | 7 |
| OPENS | 3 % | 5 |
| SPREADSOUT | 3 % | 10 |
| BROADENS | 3 % | 8 |
| ADDSTO | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Expands
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- extend
- enlarge
- dilate
- amplify
- spread out
- get ahead
- flesh out
- elaborate
- expound
- thrive
- expatiate
- flourish
Crossword Answer definitions
DILATES verb- To enlarge; to make bigger.
- To become wider or larger; to expand.
- To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
- To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).
- (dismissal, 4chan) Expression of anger and contempt, specifically at transgender women.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DILATES
- Imitates a pupil?
- What a pupil does
- Widens
- Works with pupils, in a way
- Widens, as pupils
- Expands
- Expatiates.
- Extends in bulk.
- Expands.
- Becomes larger.
More clues leading to the result GROWS
More clues leading to the result WIDENS
- Does some roadwork
- Dilates
- Grows amidships
- Antonym of tapers
- Improves the highway, perhaps
- Expands
- Broadens
- Adds a lane to
- Extends.
- Broadens.
More clues leading to the result ADDSONTO
- Builds a porch for, e.g.
- Enlarges, in a way
- Builds up
- Expands
- Builds a wing for, as a building
- Augments
- Enlarges
More clues leading to the result SPLAYS
- Spreads out
- Expands
- Flares outward
- Expands.
- Spreads out.
- Sloped surfaces
- Flares
- Spreads apart
- Spreads apart, as fingers
More clues leading to the result DISTENDS
More clues leading to the result SWELLS
- Distends
- Balloons
- High-ranking types
- Puffs up
- Swanky folks
- Big waves
- Fashion plates: Colloq.
- Ultrafashionable people.
- Waves.
- Stylish ones: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result ENLARGES
- Blows up
- Broadens
- Expands.
- Amplifies.
- Magnifies.
- Makes a blow-up.
- Makes a type of photographic reproduction.
- Spreads.
- Broadens.
- Does a photo-print job
More clues leading to the result OPENSUP
- Starts talking
- Speaks freely
- Speaks freely and candidly
- Speaks frankly
- Stops repressing
- Begins to share
- Unseals
- Unfolds.
- Talks freely
- Begins firing
More clues leading to the result OPENS
- Plays first in cards
- Starts the game
- Unlocks
- Unseals
- Warms up the crowd
- Displays, as a file
- Some tournaments
- Bids a club, say
- Starts
- Accepts customers