The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROUSE , but the solution may also be STIR which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Awaken crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROUSE | 55 % | 5 |
| STIR | 14 % | 4 |
| AROUSE | 10 % | 6 |
| COMETO | 9 % | 6 |
| ROUST | 5 % | 5 |
| ALERT | 1 % | 5 |
| GETUP | 1 % | 5 |
| BESTIR | 1 % | 6 |
| COMEALIVE | 1 % | 9 |
| ARISE | 1 % | 5 |
| REVIVE | 1 % | 6 |
Why may BESTIR be the right solution?
"Bestir" is a synonym for "awaken," meaning to rouse from sleep or inactivity. It fits the clue perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Awaken
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- waken
- wake
- wake up
- awake
- come alive
- arouse
- rouse
- waking
- reawaken
- alert
- stimulate
- elicit
Crossword Answer definitions
ROUSE noun- An arousal.
- The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
- To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
- To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
- To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
- To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
- To pull by main strength; to haul.
- To raise; to make erect.
- (when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.
- An official ceremony over drinks.
- A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
- Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
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 ROUSE
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 AROUSE
More clues leading to the result COMETO
- Emerge from being out
- Wake up
- Start the day
- Regain consciousness
- Snap out of it
- Waken
- Awaken, and words that can precede first words of answers to asterisked clues
- Recover from a knockout
- Awaken
- Arrive at
More clues leading to the result ROUST
- Awaken
- Kick out of bed
- Treat roughly
- Wake loudly
- Stir from sleep
- Force out of bed
- Waken rudely
- Awaken rudely
- Force (out of), as bed
- Force out
More clues leading to the result ALERT
- Argus-eyed
- Code red, for one
- On one's toes
- Sharp-eyed
- Tip off
- Warn
- Not oblivious
- Storm siren
- Wide awake
- On the ball
More clues leading to the result GETUP
- Greet the day
- Crawl out of bed and dress (3,2)
- Threads
- Outfit
- Costume
- "C'mon, sleepyhead!"
- Go partner
- Go's mate
- Start a new day
- Awaken
More clues leading to the result BESTIR
- Rouse
- Rouse (oneself)
- Move a muscle
- Rouse to action
- Move about
- Get going
- Incite to action
- Move with vigor.
- Get a move on.
- Rouse to action.