Helpful upward push
The crossword clue "Helpful upward push" is answered by BOOST, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOOST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOOST answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOOST
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOOST, most used first.
- Leg up - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Give a leg up - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Increase - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Promote - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Shot in the arm - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Amplify - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Give a leg up to - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Helpful push - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Helping hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Pick-me-up - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Helpful - OFUSE, used 56 times
- Push forward - IMPEL, used 39 times
- Push away - REPEL, used 33 times
- Push - SHOVE, used 32 times
- Push rudely - SHOVE, used 28 times
- Gentle push - NUDGE, used 23 times
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