The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROILS , but the solution may also be RILES which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Stirs up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROILS | 37 % | 5 |
| RILES | 12 % | 5 |
| AROUSES | 11 % | 7 |
| AGITATES | 8 % | 8 |
| INCITES | 8 % | 7 |
| SPARKS | 4 % | 6 |
| AWAKES | 3 % | 6 |
| REVS | 2 % | 4 |
| ANGERS | 2 % | 6 |
| STOKES | 2 % | 6 |
| ROUSES | 2 % | 6 |
| FOMENTS | 2 % | 7 |
| IRES | 1 % | 4 |
| FANS | 1 % | 4 |
| ROUSTS | 1 % | 6 |
| NETTLES | 1 % | 7 |
| PEPS | 1 % | 4 |
| RAISES | 1 % | 6 |
Why may RILES be the right solution?
The word "RILES" means to stir up or provoke someone's emotions or anger. It fits the clue "Stirs up" perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stirs up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stir up
- stirred up
- stirring
- provokes
- stirrer
- agitates
- incites
- provoking
- causes
- riling
- stirrers
- stirrings
Crossword Answer definitions
ROILS verb- To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
- To annoy; to make someone angry.
- To bubble, seethe.
- To wander; to roam.
- To romp.
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 ROILS
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 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 AGITATES
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 SPARKS
- Stirs up
- Signs of a loose connection
- Generates, as enthusiasm
- Fiery particles
- Signs of life
- Airborne embers
- Fire starters
- Radioman's nickname
- Firecracker flashes
- Fire starters, maybe
More clues leading to the result AWAKES
- Responds to an alarm clock
- Comes to
- Comes around
- Gets up
- Sees the light, maybe
- Responds to an alarm
- Rouses from slumber
- Stirs from sleep
- Stirs up
- Starts the day
More clues leading to the result REVS
- Guns the engine
- Men of the cloth, slangily
- Pt. of RPM
- Fathers, for short
- Rpms
- Guns
- Guns in the Brickyard
- Runs staying still
- New England MLS team, briefly
- Races the engine
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 STOKES
- Keeps the fire burning
- Adds fuel to
- Feeds a furnace
- Fuels
- Feeds
- Stirs up
- Makes hotter, in a way
- Tends, as a fire
- Fires up
- Stirs up, as a fire
More clues leading to the result ROUSES
More clues leading to the result FOMENTS
More clues leading to the result IRES
More clues leading to the result FANS
- Audience
- Admirers
- Aficionados
- Sports-page readers
- Bootleg concert tape traders, probably
- Tape traders, probably
- Bleacherites
- Bleachers creatures
- Boosters
- Autograph seekers
More clues leading to the result ROUSTS
- Awakens suddenly
- Shakes awake
- De-bunks?
- Forces out of bed
- Forces out of the sack
- Pushes out of bed
- Awakens rudely: Dial.
- Drives out
- Yanks from slumber
- Drives (out)
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 PEPS
- ___ up (enlivens)
- Invigorates
- With "up," energizes
- Livens, with up
- ___ up (invigorates)
- Livens (up)
- Livens (with "up")
- Energizes, with "up"
- Enlivens, with "up"
- Animates, with "up"