The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STIR , but the solution may also be ROIL which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Agitate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
STIR | 37 % | 4 |
ROIL | 28 % | 4 |
RILE | 15 % | 4 |
CHURN | 6 % | 5 |
SHAKE | 3 % | 5 |
STIRUP | 3 % | 6 |
PERTURB | 1 % | 7 |
DISTURB | 1 % | 7 |
FOMENT | 1 % | 6 |
SHAKEUP | 1 % | 7 |
ROUSE | 1 % | 5 |
UNSETTLE | 1 % | 8 |
RILEUP | 0 % | 6 |
CONVULSE | 0 % | 8 |
FAN | 0 % | 3 |
UPSET | 0 % | 5 |
FERMENT | 0 % | 7 |
Why may ROIL be the right solution?
"Agitate" is a synonym for "roil," which means to stir up or disturb. In this case, "roil" is the right answer because it fits the definition of agitating or disturbing something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Agitate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- commove
- stir
- disturb
- shake up
- shake
- stir up
- foment
- excite
- fight
- push
- rouse
- raise up
Crossword Answer definitions
STIR noun- The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
- Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
- Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
- Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
- To incite to action
- To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
- To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.
- To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
- To change the place of in any manner; to move.
- To move; to change one’s position.
- To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
- To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
- To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
- Jail; prison.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STIR
- Begin to move
- Brouhaha
- Combine
- Cooking direction
- Mix up
- Ruckus
- Tend to the batter
- Tend to the sauce
- Use a swizzle stick
- __-crazy
More clues leading to the result ROIL
More clues leading to the result RILE
More clues leading to the result CHURN
- Seethe
- Blender forerunner?
- Manufacture butter
- Agitate
- Butter maker
- Butter-making device
- Produce in a hurry, with "out"
- Trade for the purpose of generating commissions, in broker lingo
- Produce in volume, with "out"
- Make, as butter
More clues leading to the result SHAKE
- Ice cream parlor drink
- Deal with one's booty?
- Fountain order
- Lose
- DQ order
- Make up after a fight
- Greet in a way
- Frappe
- Judder
- Quiver
More clues leading to the result STIRUP
More clues leading to the result PERTURB
- Unsettle
- Trouble the mind
- Agitate
- Bother
- Agitate.
- Give cause for alarm.
- Make uneasy.
- Disquiet greatly; agitate
- Disquiet
- Discompose
More clues leading to the result DISTURB
- Ruffle
- Bother
- Interrupt
- "Do not" follower, on a closed-door sign
- Break in on
- Break in on.
- Roil
- Unsettle
- Trouble
- Opposite of "let sleeping dogs lie"
More clues leading to the result FOMENT
More clues leading to the result SHAKEUP
- Agitate
- Reorganize, and then some
- Overhaul
- Unsettle
- Change in an organization.
- Reorganization: Colloq.
- Reorganization.
- Upset.
- Radical reorganization
- Big change
More clues leading to the result ROUSE
More clues leading to the result UNSETTLE
More clues leading to the result RILEUP
More clues leading to the result CONVULSE
More clues leading to the result FAN
- 1996 De Niro film, with "The"
- August appliance
- Enthusiast
- Strike out
- Swing and miss
- Bleacherite
- Engine part
- Kind of mail
- Air mover
- Summer cooler
More clues leading to the result UPSET
- Capsize
- In an agitated state
- Knock over
- 100-to-1 underdog's victory
- Out of sorts
- Unexpected victory
- Overturn
- Sports surprise
- Tip over
- Churning