Buoy

The answer

ELATE

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 3 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.

• HEARTEN (2 uses in xd)
• LIFT (2 uses in xd)
• RAISE (2 uses in xd)
• UPLIFT (2 uses in xd)
• CHEERUP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELATE

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

• Gladden - used 236 times, most recently in 2026
• Fill with joy - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
• Make happy - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
• Tickle pink - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Thrill - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Delight - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Overjoy - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Make joyful - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring joy to - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheer up - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• Make very happy - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Make jubilant - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Put on cloud nine - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Send to cloud nine - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Exhilarate - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Make ecstatic - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Send - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheer - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Uplift - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Make joyous - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Brighten - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Lift up - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Make rhapsodic - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
• Happify - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Send over the moon - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Send to seventh heaven - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Fill with glee - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Make merry - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Make giddy - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Make really happy - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Puff up - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Lift the spirits of - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Carry away, in a way - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Tickle - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Bring joy - used 16 times, most recently in 2002
• Inspirit - used 16 times, most recently in 2002
• Thrill to pieces - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Buoy up - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Make proud - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Send sky-high - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Buoy one's spirits - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Fill with delight - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Inspire - used 11 times, most recently in 2001
• Make euphoric - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Make extremely happy - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Thrill to death - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Opposite of deject - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Cause to beam - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Gladden greatly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Put in seventh heaven - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Raise spirits - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Bring cheer to - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Give a lift - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Lift the spirits - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• Make one's day - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Put in high spirits - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Send, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Bring delight to - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Buoy the spirits of - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Cause euphoria - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Fill with high spirits - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Give a lift to - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Give great pleasure to - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Make blissful - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Make exultant. - used 7 times, most recently in 1978
• Make super-happy - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Make up? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Please greatly - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Raise one's spirits - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Wear away - ERODE, used 660 times
• Spooky - EERIE, used 434 times
• Follow - ENSUE, used 383 times
• ___ nous - ENTRE, used 350 times
• Lauder of cosmetics - ESTEE, used 289 times
• Ham it up - EMOTE, used 281 times

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