The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ACCRUES , but the solution may also be SWELLS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Grows crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACCRUES | 40 % | 7 |
| REARS | 20 % | 5 |
| RAISES | 10 % | 6 |
| SWELLS | 10 % | 6 |
| WAXES | 10 % | 5 |
| PILESUP | 10 % | 7 |
Why may SWELLS be the right solution?
The word "swells" means to increase in size or volume, which is a synonym for "grows". Therefore, "swells" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Grows".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grows
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- raise
- arise
- rise
- originate
- produce
- turn
- get
- develop
- acquire
- spring up
- mature
- maturate
Crossword Answer definitions
ACCRUES noun- Something that accrues; advantage accruing
- To increase, to rise
- To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- To accumulate
- To become an enforceable and permanent right.
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 ACCRUES
- Gains (as interest)
- Grows, as interest
- Is added, like interest
- Is built up gradually, as interest
- Grows
- Grows periodically
- Builds up
- Grows.
- Comes by way of increase.
- Earns over time
More clues leading to the result REARS
More clues leading to the result RAISES
- Brings up
- Bumps up
- Hikes in pay
- Ups
- Erects, as a barn
- Post-review rewards
- Does more than see
- Poker ploys
- Contract demands
- Rewards from the boss
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 WAXES
- Spiffs up one's mustache
- Depilates, in a way
- Spiffs up the Jag
- Car polishes
- Crayon materials
- Does a car wash job
- Shines, as an auto
- Administers a Brazilian
- Works on a finish
- Shines, in a way