The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IRES , but the solution may also be GOADS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Provokes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRES | 17 % | 4 |
| RILES | 15 % | 5 |
| NETTLES | 8 % | 7 |
| INCITES | 8 % | 7 |
| GOADS | 6 % | 5 |
| STIRS | 4 % | 5 |
| ANGERS | 4 % | 6 |
| AROUSES | 4 % | 7 |
| FOMENTS | 4 % | 7 |
| INCURS | 2 % | 6 |
| TEMPTS | 2 % | 6 |
| STEAMS | 2 % | 6 |
| STIRSUP | 2 % | 7 |
| PIQUES | 2 % | 6 |
| EGGSON | 2 % | 6 |
| SPITES | 2 % | 6 |
| MADDENS | 2 % | 7 |
| VEXES | 2 % | 5 |
| IRKS | 2 % | 4 |
| SPURS | 2 % | 5 |
| DARES | 2 % | 5 |
| PROMPTS | 2 % | 7 |
| TEASES | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Provokes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- harass
- molest
- hassle
- arouse
- stimulate
- chivvy
- harry
- chevy
- elicit
- evoke
- call forth
- raise
Crossword Answer definitions
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 IRES
More clues leading to the result RILES
- Nettles
- Gets one's goat
- Makes hopping mad
- Incites to pique
- Makes mad
- Annoys, with "up"
- Irritates
- Aggravates
- Engages in rabble-rousing
- Pesters
More clues leading to the result NETTLES
- Henpeck
- Annoys
- Really irritates
- Graig of the Yankees
- Irks
- Provokes
- Prickly plants
- Irritates
- Gets under one's skin
- Plants with stinging hairs
More clues leading to the result INCITES
- Stirs up
- Urges, as to riot
- Urges on, as to riot
- Causes, as a fight
- Sparks
- Provokes.
- Eggs to action.
- Moves to action.
- Spurs on.
- Rouses.
More clues leading to the result GOADS
More clues leading to the result STIRS
- Calabooses
- Keeps from sticking to the pot
- Excites
- Wakens
- Sets in motion
- Uses a swizzle stick
- Begins to wake
- Begins to flutter the eyelids
- Kerfuffles
- Pushes around
More clues leading to the result ANGERS
- Puts out
- Stirs up
- Incites to ire
- Brings to a boil?
- Riles up
- Burns up
- Infuriates
- Arouses wrath in
- Ticks off
- Maddens
More clues leading to the result AROUSES
- Stirs up
- Turns on
- Stirs
- Lights a fire under
- Builds a fire under
- Stimulates
- Gets going
- Sparks
- Gets excited
- Stirs to action
More clues leading to the result FOMENTS
More clues leading to the result INCURS
- Brings upon oneself
- Takes over
- Runs up
- Racks up
- Becomes liable for
- Provokes
- Acquires, as debts
- Runs up, as debts
- Brings on
- Racks up, as debt
More clues leading to the result TEMPTS
- Dangles a carrot
- Entices
- Plays the siren
- Makes an offer that's hard to refuse
- Tantalizes
- Seduces
- Lures
- Dangles a carrot in front of
- Whets the appetite
- Leads astray, perhaps
More clues leading to the result STEAMS
- Cooks, calorie-consciously
- Becomes angry
- Prepares clams
- Chugs
- Gives off gas
- Hits the roof
- Does a slow burn
- Cooks in vapors
- Gently unwrinkles, in a way
- Cooks clams, in a way
More clues leading to the result STIRSUP
More clues leading to the result PIQUES
- Irritates
- Annoys
- Cotton fabrics.
- Provokes.
- Irritates.
- Stimulates
- Gets one's dander up
- Stimulates, as curiosity
More clues leading to the result EGGSON
More clues leading to the result SPITES
- Hurts on purpose
- Deliberately hurts
- Treats with malice
- Gets back at
- Malices
- Treats vengefully
- Provokes
- Annoys
- Treats maliciously
- Is malicious toward
More clues leading to the result MADDENS
- Really ticks off
- Ticks off
- Tees off
- Enrages.
- Excites violently.
- Infuriates.
- Angers
- Drives insane
- Provokes
- Drives up the wall
More clues leading to the result VEXES
More clues leading to the result IRKS
More clues leading to the result SPURS
- Cowboy jinglers
- Goads
- CN branch lines
- Mountain range features
- Urges onward
- San Antonio cagers
- San Antonio hoopsters
- Gooses
- Boot attachments
- Short railroad tracks
More clues leading to the result DARES
- Has the guts
- Defies
- Throws down the gauntlet
- Sleepover challenges
- Challenges
- Some sleepover activities
- Has the gumption
- Has the chutzpah
- Tempts fate
- Eggs on
More clues leading to the result PROMPTS
- Urges
- Cues
- Gives a cue
- Memory joggers
- Impels.
- Inspires.
- Urges into action.
- Gives cues
- Does an offstage job
- Provokes