Wake up
The crossword clue "Wake up" is answered by AROUSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1933. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AROUSE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AROUSE answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1933. It appears in 7 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.
- SNAPOUTOFIT (5 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
- 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
- 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.
- Wake up - COMETO, used 12 times
- Wake-up calls - ALARMS, used 9 times
- Toward the wake - ASTERN, used 7 times
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