Provokes
The crossword clue "Provokes" is answered by GOADS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. 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
GOADS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOADS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. 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 GOADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by GOADS, most used first.
- Eggs on - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Prods - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Incites - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Urges on - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Prods into action - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Spurs - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Stimuli - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Provokes - RILES, used 13 times
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