The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RISE , but the solution may also be BOOST which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RISE | 15 % | 4 |
| GROW | 12 % | 4 |
| ADDTO | 11 % | 5 |
| STEPUP | 10 % | 6 |
| GAIN | 7 % | 4 |
| ADD | 6 % | 3 |
| GOUP | 5 % | 4 |
| BOOST | 5 % | 5 |
| RAISE | 4 % | 5 |
| HIKE | 3 % | 4 |
| ESCALATE | 2 % | 8 |
| MOUNT | 2 % | 5 |
| REVUP | 2 % | 5 |
| STEEPEN | 1 % | 7 |
| ENHANCE | 1 % | 7 |
| AUGMENT | 1 % | 7 |
| BUMP | 1 % | 4 |
| ACCRUAL | 1 % | 7 |
| GREATEN | 1 % | 7 |
| WAX | 1 % | 3 |
| ADDON | 1 % | 5 |
| RUNUP | 1 % | 5 |
| ENLARGE | 1 % | 7 |
| RAMPUP | 1 % | 6 |
| EKE | 1 % | 3 |
| MULTIPLY | 0 % | 8 |
| ESCALATION | 0 % | 10 |
| AMPUP | 0 % | 5 |
| ADDITION | 0 % | 8 |
Why may BOOST be the right solution?
The word "boost" means to increase or improve something, making it the correct solution for the clue "increase".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Increase
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- growth
- increment
- step-up
- gain
- addition
- grow
- growing
- enlarge
- enlargement
- amplification
- amplify
- heightening
Crossword Answer definitions
RISE verb- To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- To increase in value or standing.
- To begin; to develop.
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To cause to go up or ascend.
- To retire; to give up a siege.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- An angry reaction.
- (now chiefly) A twig or stick.
- A bobbin or spool.
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 RISE
- "___ and shine!"
- Anticipate the anthem
- Greet the judge
- Levitate
- Lose a lap
- Prepare to shine?
- Shaving-cream name
- Ascend
- Emulate the sun
- First name in sopranos
More clues leading to the result GROW
More clues leading to the result ADDTO
More clues leading to the result STEPUP
- Accelerate
- Increase by degrees
- Come forward
- Meet a challenge
- Increase
- Intensify
- Increase, as production
- Take on responsibility
- Answer the call
- Rise to the challenge ... and a hint to a hidden word in 5-, 10-, 25- and 28-Down
More clues leading to the result GAIN
- Increase
- Gridiron advance
- Pick up some yards
- Uptick
- Dieter's nightmare
- Profit
- Pick up yardage
- Fail with a diet
- Make progress
- Advance
More clues leading to the result ADD
- Sum up
- Do some carrying, maybe
- Recipe instruction
- Recipe word
- 2 + 2, e.g.
- Be calculating
- Put more in
- Put two and two together, maybe
- Supplement
- Tack on
More clues leading to the result GOUP
- Increase
- Ascend
- Rise
- Climb
- Take the elevator, e.g.
- Use a ski lift
- Climb stairs, say
- Increase in value
- Increase, as prices
- Take the elevator to the penthouse
More clues leading to the result BOOST
- Give a leg up
- Promote
- Battery charge
- Supercharge
- Upward push
- Shot in the 29-Down
- Raise
- Leg up
- Shove up from below
- Increase
More clues leading to the result RAISE
- Bring up
- Bump
- Pay boost
- Post-review reward
- What you do with a good hand
- Worker's dream
- __ eyebrows (cause surprise)
- Increase
- Poker ploy
- Union demand
More clues leading to the result HIKE
- Escalate
- Follow a nature trail
- Escalation
- Quarterback's bark
- It's a snap in the NFL
- Tramp
- "Give me the ball!"
- Increase in cost
- Walk in the woods
- Boy Scouts outing
More clues leading to the result ESCALATE
- Step up
- Grow more intense
- Intensify
- Heat up
- Snowball
- Get out of hand in a hurry
- Up the ante
- Swell
- Kick up
- Increase in intensity
More clues leading to the result MOUNT
- Steed
- Climb
- Climb up
- Get on your high horse?
- Peak
- Accumulate
- Get up on
- Ascend
- Logan or Whistler
- ___ Logan (Canada's highest peak)
More clues leading to the result REVUP
- Gun the engine
- Accelerate
- Intensify
- Excite
- Increase in strength
- Gun, as an engine
- Accelerate sharply
- Race, as an engine
- Energize
- Increase, as an engine's speed
More clues leading to the result STEEPEN
- Increase a grade
- Trend upward
- Become more inclined?
- Make more precipitous
- Increase
- Rise more dramatically
- Go uphill fast?
- Increase the slope of
- Get more precipitous
- Pose a greater climbing challenge
More clues leading to the result ENHANCE
- Intensify
- Make more desirable
- Improve
- Add to
- Add some pizazz to
- Build up
- Make better
- Flatter
- Heighten
- Add dash to
More clues leading to the result AUGMENT
More clues leading to the result BUMP
- Phrenologist's interest
- Jostle
- Minor collision
- Increase
- Result of bonking one's head
- Displace
- Promote or demote
- Road imperfection
- Cause for an apology
- Raise, in poker
More clues leading to the result ACCRUAL
- Accumulation
- Increase
- Accountant's entry
- Periodic growth, as funds
- Kind of basis in accounting
- Increase in interest
- Building of interest, maybe
- Gaining of interest
- Interest gain
- Interest accumulation
More clues leading to the result GREATEN
- Amplify
- Become more important
- Increase
- Enlarge.
- Magnify.
- Enlarge; increase.
- Expand.
- Become larger: Archaic.
- Enlarge
More clues leading to the result WAX
- __ bean (yellow veggie)
- Grow
- The stuff of candles
- Batiking need
- DJ's material
- Finish the floor
- Full Brazilian application
- LPs, to DJs
- Leg hair remover
- Records
More clues leading to the result ADDON
- Append
- Supplemental component
- Increase
- Firefox extension, e.g.
- Extra-cost item
- Supplement
- Legislative rider, e.g.
- Extra charge
- Peripheral
- Extra
More clues leading to the result RUNUP
- Make a quick visit
- Increase the tab
- Put expenses on a tab
- Accumulate, as a bill
- Incur, as a tab
- Pile on, as a score
- Amass, as a bill
- Raise, as a flag
- Accumulate, as a tab
- Accumulate, as debts
More clues leading to the result ENLARGE
- Blow up
- Blow up a picture
- Swell
- Blow up, as a picture
- Zoom in on
- Expand
- Make bigger
- Add a wing to
- Broaden
- Create a bigger picture of
More clues leading to the result RAMPUP
- Increase, as effort
- Increase
- Increase, as production
- Intensify
- Increase rapidly ... or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle
More clues leading to the result EKE
- Barely make do
- Manage, with "out"
- Scratch (out)
- Squeeze (out)
- __ out a living
- Barely manage
- Get with great effort
- Make do
- Scratch out a living
- Supplements (with out)
More clues leading to the result MULTIPLY
More clues leading to the result ESCALATION
More clues leading to the result AMPUP
- Do a hype man's job
- Boost, as sound
- Energize, informally
- Increase, informally
- Energize, as a crowd
- Rally, as a crowd
- Energize
- Stimulate
- Intensify
- Vitalize