Become wider
The crossword clue "Become wider" is answered by DILATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. 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
DILATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DILATE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FLAREOUT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DILATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DILATE, most used first.
- Widen - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Expand - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Widen, as pupils - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Enlarge - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Get wider - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Make wider - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Cause to expand - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Become fond of - TAKETO, used 18 times
- Become enraged - SEERED, used 16 times
- Become extinct - DIEOUT, used 16 times
- Become visible - EMERGE, used 14 times
- Become visible - APPEAR, used 12 times
- Become apparent - EMERGE, used 11 times
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