The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word JARS , but the solution may also be JOLTS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Shakes up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| JARS | 59 % | 4 |
| ROILS | 14 % | 5 |
| AGITATES | 10 % | 8 |
| JOLTS | 7 % | 5 |
| FLUSTERS | 3 % | 8 |
| ROCKS | 3 % | 5 |
| DISTURBS | 3 % | 8 |
Why may JOLTS be the right solution?
The word "JOLTS" can mean to shake up or disturb suddenly, making it a fitting answer to the clue "Shakes up."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shakes up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shake up
- shake
- shakings
- shaking
- shakeup
- shaken
- shook
- shaker
- shakers
- shakey
- shakeout
- headshake
Crossword Answer definitions
JARS noun- An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- To preserve (food) in a jar.
- A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- (by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
- The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; contention, discord; quarrelling.
- To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- To harm or injure by such action.
- To shock or surprise.
- To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
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 JARS
- Mason and Leyden
- They may be jelly-filled
- Jelly containers
- Jam containers
- Tollhouse homes
- Knocks off balance
- Disturbs
- Grates
- Storage containers
- Apothecary's vessels
More clues leading to the result ROILS
More clues leading to the result AGITATES
More clues leading to the result JOLTS
- Shocks
- Defibrillator output
- Shakes up
- Knocks for a loop
- Rude awakenings
- Bumps
- Emotional shocks
- Throws for a loop
- Discomposes
- Startles
More clues leading to the result FLUSTERS
More clues leading to the result ROCKS
- Feature of some gardens
- Ice
- Cocktail coolers
- Coolers of drinks
- Drink coolers, slangily
- Ice, at the bar
- Diamonds, in slang
- Ice in a bar
- 65-Down, in a cocktail
- Is way cool