Rude awakening
The crossword clue "Rude awakening" is answered by JOLT, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. 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
JOLT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JOLT answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ALARMISM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for JOLT
Every other clue in this collection answered by JOLT, most used first.
- Shock - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden shock - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Shake up - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Sudden impact - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Nasty shock - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Rude dude - BOOR, used 40 times
- Rude person - BOOR, used 27 times
- Rude look - LEER, used 19 times
- Rude one - BOOR, used 12 times
- Be rude to - SASS, used 9 times
- Rude dudes - CADS, used 9 times
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