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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BAITED Tried to provoke (6) USA Today Jul 18, 2025
4% BAITS Provokes (5) LA Times Daily Dec 24, 2025
4% INCITE Provoke (6) Universal Dec 22, 2025
3% TIERS Tries out rows (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Dec 27, 2025
3% HAILS Tries to stop for a ride, in a way (5) The Washington Post Mini Dec 26, 2025
3% DEEP Thought-provoking (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 23, 2025
3% SHOOK Tried to identify, in a way, as a wrapped gift (5) New York Times Dec 23, 2025
3% RILE Agitate or provoke (rhymes with "pile") (4)
3% SIPS Tries the wine (4) Eugene Sheffer Dec 19, 2025
3% ATTEMPTS Tries bait regularly with lures (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 18, 2025

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