Not asleep

The answer

AWAKE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWAKE answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AWAKE

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

• Up and about - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Up - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Not sleeping - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Conscious - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• No longer sleeping - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Not out - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Not napping - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Not dozing - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Out of dreamland - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Vigilant - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Alert - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Open-eyed - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Fully conscious - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Suffering from insomnia - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Up and at 'em - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Come to - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• No longer dozing - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• No longer in dreamland - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• On one's toes - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
• Not together - APART, used 116 times
• Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
• Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
• Not suitable - INAPT, used 65 times

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