Expect eagerly
The crossword clue "Expect eagerly" is answered by AWAIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AWAIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWAIT answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AWAIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AWAIT, most used first.
- Anticipate - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Look forward to - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
- Expect - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Be patient for - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Look for - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Hang around for - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Stand by for - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Be in store for - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Be ready for - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Watch for - used 24 times, most recently in 2014
- Bide one's time - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Eagerly anticipate - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Lie in store for - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Be in store - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Stand by - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Be expectant - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Lie ahead - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Apt rhyme for "anticipate" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Keep an eye out for - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Anticipate, as an arrival - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Sit up for - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Eagerly expect - used 6 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.
- Accept eagerly - LAPUP, used 28 times
- Drink eagerly - LAPUP, used 9 times
- Consume eagerly - EATUP, used 6 times
- Consumed eagerly - ATEUP, used 6 times
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