Sudden swell
The crossword clue "Sudden swell" is answered by SURGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SURGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SURGE answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- UPSURGE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SURGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SURGE, most used first.
- Sudden increase - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Billow - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Power problem - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Power glitch - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Sudden rise - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Swell - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Sudden onrush - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Sudden power increase - 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.
- "Swell!" - NEATO, used 106 times
- Sudden outpouring - SPATE, used 94 times
- Sudden thrust - LUNGE, used 38 times
- Swell - NIFTY, used 33 times
- Swell up - BLOAT, used 31 times
- Sudden attacks - RAIDS, used 28 times
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