Upward climb
The crossword clue "Upward climb" is answered by ASCENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASCENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASCENT answer page.
Used 17 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ASCENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASCENT, most used first.
- Climb - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Rise - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Way up - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Trip up - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Upward movement - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Acclivity - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
- Journey up a mountain - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Climb - ASCEND, used 47 times
- Climb up - ASCEND, used 9 times
- Move upward - ASCEND, used 6 times
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