The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPIKE , but the solution may also be SURGE which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Sudden increase crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
SPIKE | 26 % | 5 |
SURGE | 26 % | 5 |
LEAP | 24 % | 4 |
SPURT | 8 % | 5 |
UPSURGE | 8 % | 7 |
JUMP | 5 % | 4 |
BULGE | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sudden increase
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- surge
- spike
- jump
- leap
- quantum leap
- spring
- climb
- climber
- ramp
- springboard
- transmittance
- pitched
Crossword Answer definitions
SPIKE noun- In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
- The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
- A sort of very large nail.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity etc.
- The long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- An adolescent male deer.
- The casual ward of a workhouse.
- Spike lavender.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fix on a spike.
- To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To increase sharply.
- To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
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 SPIKE
- Big jump in numbers
- Chart irregularity
- Trend indicator, perhaps
- Lee of Hollywood
- Railroad track fastener
- Volleyball smash
- Sudden increase
- Increase sharply
- Movie maker Lee
- Lee of cinema
More clues leading to the result SURGE
- Stream forth
- Booming period
- Billow
- Rush or swell
- Hurricane concern
- Swell
- Well up
- Gain in the polls
- Power jolt
- Rise suddenly
More clues leading to the result LEAP
- Bound upward
- Jete, for one
- Jump
- "Quantum ___"
- It's a big one for mankind
- Lovers' venue
- Act of faith?
- Start of a bungee jump
- Sudden increase
- Take a giant step
More clues leading to the result SPURT
- Gush forth
- Sudden burst of growth
- Sudden burst
- Blast in a hot tub
- Wet jet
- Sudden jet
- Forceful jet
- Burst of energy
- Gush
- Short burst
More clues leading to the result UPSURGE
- Sudden increase
- Sudden jump
- Rapid rise
- Spike
- Rapid jump
- Rapid increase
- High rise
- An upward billowing.
- Sudden swell
- Rise
More clues leading to the result JUMP
- Carl Lewis specialty
- Be skittish
- Sky-dive
- Checkers ploy
- Obey with alacrity
- See 38-Across
- Revive, as a battery
- Skydive
- How to get on the bandwagon
- Kangaroo's movement