The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WAXED , but the solution may also be WIDENED which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in LA Times).
Grew crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WAXED | 40 % | 5 |
| BRED | 20 % | 4 |
| INCREASED | 10 % | 9 |
| ROSE | 10 % | 4 |
| WIDENED | 10 % | 7 |
| RAISED | 10 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grew
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- outgrew
- arose
- went
- took
- became
- came
- won
- dropped
- passed
- spent
- rise
- increase
Crossword Answer definitions
WAXED verb- To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- To defeat utterly.
- To kill, especially to murder a person.
- (usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
- To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- To grow.
- (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- (of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
- Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it.
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 WAXED
- Carried on
- Applied Rain-X to
- Prepared to be vajazzled, probably
- Grew fuller
- Grew brighter, as the moon
- Put a coat on, perhaps
- Did some hair removal
- Like some floors and mustaches
- Applied Simoniz to
- Like some slippery floors
More clues leading to the result BRED
- Brought up
- Produced
- Born partner
- Had kids
- Raised, as livestock
- Engendered
- Raised up
- Born and __
- Raised
- Cultivated
More clues leading to the result INCREASED
More clues leading to the result ROSE
- American Beauty
- "My Wild Irish ___"
- Floral gift
- Appreciated in value
- Color of some glasses?
- Proliferated
- Thorny bush
- Abie's girl
- Golden Girl
- One of the Golden Girls
More clues leading to the result WIDENED
- Improved, as a highway
- Increased in breadth
- Let out
- Broadened
- Grew
- Made broader
- Added a lane to
- Enlarged.
- Amplified
- Diversified