Surface

The answer

ARISE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARISE answer page.

Used 32 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EMERGE (37 uses in xd)
• AREA (22 uses in xd)
• PAVE (14 uses in xd)
• COAT (3 uses in xd)
• APPEAR (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARISE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ARISE, most used first.

• Come up - used 246 times, most recently in 2026
• Get up - used 204 times, most recently in 2026
• Crop up - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
• Get out of bed - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand up - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Originate - used 81 times, most recently in 2022
• Greet the day - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Spring up - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Pop up - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Come to light - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Respond to reveille - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Ascend - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Come to mind - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Come about - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Emerge - used 25 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Gem surface - FACET, used 42 times
• Diamond surface - FACET, used 32 times
• Painting surface - GESSO, used 22 times

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