The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TENSE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Keyed up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TENSE | 40 % | 5 |
| AGOG | 21 % | 4 |
| HYPER | 14 % | 5 |
| EDGY | 7 % | 4 |
| ONEDGE | 7 % | 6 |
| TAUT | 7 % | 4 |
| AGOS | 1 % | 4 |
| TENSED | 1 % | 6 |
| EXCITED | 1 % | 7 |
| WIRED | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Keyed up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wired
- nervous
- alarmed
- psyched up
- high-strung
- fired up
- cranked up
- neurotic
- jazzed up
- nervish
- overwrought
- psyched
Crossword Answer definitions
TENSE noun- (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar) To apply a tense to.
- To make or become tense.
- Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
- Pulled taut, without any slack.
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 TENSE
- On edge
- Past perfect
- Full of suspense
- High-strung
- Jittery
- Uptight
- Wound up
- Past or present
- Wired
- Under strain
More clues leading to the result AGOG
- Atwitter
- Bug-eyed
- Excited
- Full of keen anticipation.
- Het up
- Wide-eyed
- Eager
- Eyes-a-poppin'
- Frenzied
- Full of anticipation
More clues leading to the result HYPER
- High-strung
- Overactive
- Overly excited
- All keyed up
- Keyed up
- Bouncing off the walls
- Overly amped
- Overly active
- Experiencing a sugar high, say
- All worked up
More clues leading to the result EDGY
- Wired
- Tense
- Like indie crosswords (we hope)
- Like much prestige television
- Pacing, perhaps
- All wound up
- Innovative and daring
- Like challenging art
- Likely to snap
- Risk-taking
More clues leading to the result ONEDGE
- Tense
- Irritable
- Very nervous
- Not heads or tails
- Liable to blow up
- Really anxious
- Unable to relax
- Uptight
- Tense or impatient
- Jittery
More clues leading to the result TAUT
- Sans slack
- Lacking slack
- Like a bowstring
- Like a trampoline's surface
- Stretched
- Unyielding
- Far from slack
- Gripping
- Having no slack
- Strung with tension
More clues leading to the result AGOS
More clues leading to the result TENSED
- Got the yips
- Stiffened
- Became anxious
- Became stiff
- High-strung, with "up"
- Readied for a blow
- Tightened
- Got uptight
- Showed anxiety
- Became on edge
More clues leading to the result EXCITED
- In a tizzy
- In a dither.
- Keyed up.
- On the edge of one's seat, so to speak.
- All agog
- Pumped
- Ebullient
- Het up
- Agog