Raise, as a flag
The crossword clue "Raise, as a flag" is answered by HOIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HOIST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOIST answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HOIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOIST, most used first.
- Lift - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Lift up - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Elevate - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- Lift with effort - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Raise up - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Lifting apparatus - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Lifting device - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Raise with a crane - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Send up a flagpole - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Reason for a raise - MERIT, used 44 times
- Flag features - STARS, used 41 times
- Raise a glass to - TOAST, used 31 times
- Raise - ERECT, used 25 times
- Tree on Lebanon's flag - CEDAR, used 20 times
- Rolls up, as a flag - FURLS, used 19 times
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