Make joyous

The answer

ELATE

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

Used 29 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 9 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.

• BLESS (1 uses in xd)
• GLADDEN (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
• 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
• 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

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.

• Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
• Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
• Make blank - ERASE, used 197 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
• Make a speech - ORATE, used 127 times

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