Brings up, as a child
The crossword clue "Brings up, as a child" is answered by REARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
REARS
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Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by REARS, most used first.
- Brings up - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
- Raises - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Nurtures - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Fosters - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Backsides - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Parents - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Raises, as children - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Builds. - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
- Fannies - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Backs - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Brings up, as children - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Brings in - EARNS, used 67 times
- Brings under control - TAMES, used 42 times
- Brings home - EARNS, used 35 times
- Brings in - REAPS, used 34 times
- Brings on board - HIRES, used 24 times
- Brings (out) - TROTS, used 17 times
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