Work up
The crossword clue "Work up" is answered by AROUSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Provoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Wake from sleep - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Life's work - CAREER, used 54 times
- Body of work - OEUVRE, used 24 times
- More work - UTOPIA, used 22 times
- Did salon work - STYLED, used 19 times
- Did lab work - TESTED, used 16 times
- Work too hard - OVERDO, used 16 times
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