"Still I ___" (Maya Angelou poem)

The answer

RISE

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RISE

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

• Get up - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Ascend - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand up - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Go up - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Increase - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Get out of bed - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Greet the day - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Shine's partner - used 38 times, most recently in 2021
• Greet the judge - used 34 times, most recently in 2019
• React to yeast - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Get to one's feet - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ and shine - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Ascent - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Upward slope - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Respond to reveille - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Climb - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Levitate - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Slope - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Go higher - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Angry reaction - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Court order - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Go upward - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Move up - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Rebel - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
• Singer Stevens. - used 13 times, most recently in 1995
• Bailiff's command - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Lose a lap - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• "All ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Elevation - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Skyrocket - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Swell - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Become prominent - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Hill - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
• Originate - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Shine partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Swell, as a river - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Upswing - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Get high - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hillock - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Move upward - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Acclivity - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Bailiff's order - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Beginning - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Come to the surface - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Diva Stevens - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Fall's opposite - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Gentle slope - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Go skyward - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Heed the alarm - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Knoll - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Obey reveille - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Stairstep measure - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Upslope - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• What yeast makes dough do - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "All ___!" (court phrase) - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Ascendancy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Escalate - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Gain altitude - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Gain importance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Gentle hill - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Move higher - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Small hill - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Start the day - used 6 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.

• Pastoral poem - IDYL, used 120 times
• Poet Angelou - MAYA, used 118 times
• Langston Hughes poem - ITOO, used 77 times
• Still-life subject - EWER, used 35 times
• Author Angelou - MAYA, used 34 times
• Still competing - INIT, used 32 times

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