Public uprisings
The crossword clue "Public uprisings" is answered by RIOTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. 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
RIOTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIOTS answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIOTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIOTS, most used first.
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- Very funny people - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hilarious people - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Laugh-a-minute folks - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Civil disturbances - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Hilarious folks - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Laugh-a-minute types - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Runs amok - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Anarchic events - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Disturbances - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
- Major melees - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Funny folks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Protests gone awry - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Unruly demonstrations - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Uproars - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Very funny folks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hilariously funny folks - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Knee-slappers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Prison problems - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Violent protests - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Public persona - IMAGE, used 80 times
- Public square - PLAZA, used 76 times
- Made public - AIRED, used 59 times
- Public - OVERT, used 48 times
- Public outburst - SCENE, used 41 times
- Public perception - IMAGE, used 40 times
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