Move upward
The crossword clue "Move upward" is answered by ASCEND, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASCEND
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASCEND answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ASCEND
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASCEND, most used first.
- Climb - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Rise - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Go up - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Go higher - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Climb up - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Mount - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Gain altitude - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Scale - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Approach the summit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Get high - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Move unsteadily - TEETER, used 32 times
- Move back - RECEDE, used 21 times
- Upward climb - ASCENT, used 17 times
- "Get a move on!" - LETSGO, used 16 times
- Move stealthily - TIPTOE, used 15 times
- Get a move on - HASTEN, used 13 times
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