Build a fire under

The answer

AROUSE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AROUSE answer page.

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AROUSE

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

• Stir up - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Excite - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Stimulate - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Kindle - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Incite - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Stir to action - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire up - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Stir - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Waken - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• Awaken - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Pique - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Wake up - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Turn on - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Light a fire under - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Provoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wake from sleep - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Work up - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Under control - INHAND, used 40 times
• On fire - ABLAZE, used 38 times
• Put under - SEDATE, used 38 times
• On fire - AFLAME, used 33 times
• Set on fire - IGNITE, used 32 times
• Bring under control - REININ, used 24 times

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