Arouse, as curiosity
The crossword clue "Arouse, as curiosity" is answered by PIQUE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PIQUE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PIQUE answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PIQUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PIQUE, most used first.
- Arouse, as interest - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Resentment - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Stimulate, as curiosity - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Arouse - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Excite, as interest - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Nettle - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
- Annoyed state - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Irritated state - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stimulate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Irritation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Excite - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Snit - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Make angry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ruffled pride - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Sharp irritation - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Stimulate, as interest - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Arouse - WAKEN, used 8 times
- Arouse - EVOKE, used 7 times
- Showed curiosity - ASKED, used 7 times
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