A History of Short Words
From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
AROSE
- Fri, 3 Oct '25
 - Sprang
 - Sun, 22 Jun '25
 - Responded to an alarm
 - Thu, 22 May '25
 - Came to be
 - Thu, 30 Jan '25
 - Emerged
 - Thu, 26 Sep '24
 - Materialized
 - Tue, 9 Jul '24
 - Thrice-repeated words in one of Gertrude Stein's truisms
 - Thu, 22 Feb '24
 - Came to pass
 - Mon, 18 Dec '23
 - Got out of bed
 - Thu, 1 Jun '23
 - Came about
 - Mon, 20 Feb '23
 - Greeted the day, say
 - Fri, 26 Aug '22
 - Popped up
 - Thu, 24 Feb '22
 - Became apparent
 - Mon, 10 Jan '22
 - Emerged, as an issue
 - Wed, 9 Jun '21
 - Cropped up
 - Wed, 10 Mar '21
 - Cropped up