Provokes
The crossword clue "Provokes" is answered by RILES, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RILES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RILES answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for RILES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RILES, most used first.
- Irritates - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes angry - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoys - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Stirs up - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Ticks off - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Angers - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets one's goat - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
- Vexes - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Nettles - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Infuriates - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Irks - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Agitates - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets one's dander up - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Rubs the wrong way - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Aggravates - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bugs - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Gets to - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Makes mad - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Tees off - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
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 - GOADS, used 7 times
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