Provoke
The crossword clue "Provoke" is answered by BAIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BAIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAIT answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BAIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAIT, most used first.
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- Angler's purchase - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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- Tease - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Worms, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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