Swelled suddenly

The answer to “Swelled suddenly” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is SURGED — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on July 24, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 36-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Swelled suddenly” answer

SURGED (6 letters)

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Why the answer is SURGED

Grew rapidly and forcefully, like a wave or crowd might do 🌊

What does SURGED mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SURGED is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Swelled suddenly” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 24, 2026 (most recent) → SURGED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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