Provoke

The answer

AROUSE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.

• RILE (42 uses in xd)
• GOAD (39 uses in xd)
• INCITE (35 uses in xd)
• ROIL (16 uses in xd)
• STIRUP (16 uses in xd)

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
• Build a fire under - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Light a fire under - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• 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.

• Provoke - INCITE, used 35 times
• Provoke - STIRUP, used 16 times
• Provoke - ELICIT, used 7 times
• Provoke - NEEDLE, used 6 times

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