Sprouted like a weed
The crossword clue "Sprouted like a weed" is answered by GREW, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
GREW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GREW answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 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.
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- 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
- Got larger - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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