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 |
| UNSETTLE | 1 % | 8 |
| DISTURB | 1 % | 7 |
| FOMENT | 1 % | 6 |
| SHAKEUP | 1 % | 7 |
| ROUSE | 1 % | 5 |
| FERMENT | 0 % | 7 |
| RILEUP | 0 % | 6 |
| CONVULSE | 0 % | 8 |
| UPSET | 0 % | 5 |
| FAN | 0 % | 3 |
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 UNSETTLE
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 FERMENT
- Do a brewery job
- Turn to wine, as grape juice
- Agitate
- Make wine
- Unrest
- Yeast.
- Turmoil.
- Excitement.
- Commotion.
- State of unrest.
More clues leading to the result RILEUP
More clues leading to the result CONVULSE
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