Shake up
The crossword clue "Shake up" is answered by JOLT, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. 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 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. 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 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
- Sudden impact - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Rude awakening - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- "Shake ___!" - ALEG, used 46 times
- Shake ___ (hurry) - ALEG, used 44 times
- Shake - LOSE, used 22 times
- Shake off - LOSE, used 17 times
- "Shake a leg!" - CMON, used 15 times
- "Shake a leg!" - MOVE, used 14 times
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