Got larger

The answer

GREW

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GREW answer page.

Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for GREW

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

• Got bigger - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Expanded - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Got taller - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Shot up - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
• Increased - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Waxed - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Sprouted - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Mushroomed - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Matured - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Cultivated - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Snowballed - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Developed - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Ballooned - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Burgeoned - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Increased in size - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Multiplied - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Added inches - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Enlarged - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sprang up - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Sprouted like a weed - used 6 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.

• "Got it" - ISEE, used 343 times
• Larger-than-life - EPIC, used 101 times
• Got 100% on - ACED, used 89 times
• Got older - AGED, used 88 times
• Got down - ALIT, used 74 times
• Got up - ROSE, used 70 times

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