The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word IRK , but the solution may also be NETTLE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Annoy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRK | 25 % | 3 |
| PEEVE | 9 % | 5 |
| VEX | 8 % | 3 |
| RILE | 8 % | 4 |
| PESTER | 7 % | 6 |
| EATAT | 5 % | 5 |
| NETTLE | 5 % | 6 |
| MOLEST | 4 % | 6 |
| MIFF | 4 % | 4 |
| TEASE | 3 % | 5 |
| BUG | 3 % | 3 |
| CHAFE | 2 % | 5 |
| FRET | 2 % | 4 |
| IRRITATE | 2 % | 8 |
| WEARON | 1 % | 6 |
| HARASS | 1 % | 6 |
| EAT | 1 % | 3 |
| TRY | 1 % | 3 |
| RANKLE | 1 % | 6 |
| BOTHER | 1 % | 6 |
| ROIL | 1 % | 4 |
| NAG | 1 % | 3 |
| GETTO | 1 % | 5 |
| HASSLE | 1 % | 6 |
| GALL | 1 % | 4 |
| HARRY | 0 % | 5 |
| GRATE | 0 % | 5 |
| BESET | 0 % | 5 |
| BAIT | 0 % | 4 |
| RUB | 0 % | 3 |
| GETAT | 0 % | 5 |
| BEDEVIL | 0 % | 7 |
| INNE | 0 % | 4 |
| GETONESGOAT | 0 % | 11 |
| PERTURB | 0 % | 7 |
| DRIVEUPTHEWALL | 0 % | 14 |
| RIDE | 0 % | 4 |
| EXASPERATE | 0 % | 10 |
| HECKLE | 0 % | 6 |
| BADGER | 0 % | 6 |
| GRATEON | 0 % | 7 |
| IRE | 0 % | 3 |
| RASP | 0 % | 4 |
| AGITATE | 0 % | 7 |
| FAZE | 0 % | 4 |
Why may NETTLE be the right solution?
The word "nettle" can mean to irritate or annoy someone.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Annoy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- irritate
- rile
- vex
- bother
- rag
- gravel
- devil
- nettle
- get at
- get to
- nark
- irk
Crossword Answer definitions
IRK verb- To irritate; annoy; bother
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 IRK
More clues leading to the result PEEVE
More clues leading to the result VEX
More clues leading to the result RILE
More clues leading to the result PESTER
More clues leading to the result EATAT
- Bug
- Vex
- "___ Joe's"
- Vex incessantly
- "__ Joe's"
- Bother over time
- Really bother
- Really irritate
- Nag, nag, nag
- __ home (dine in)
More clues leading to the result NETTLE
- Irk
- Goad
- Harass
- Irritate
- Stinging plant
- Get under the skin of
- Plant with stinging leaves
- Plant with a sting
- Vex
- Herb with stinging hairs
More clues leading to the result MOLEST
More clues leading to the result MIFF
- Offend
- Annoy
- Cause annoyance
- Vex
- Give minor offense to
- Tick off
- Irritate
- Vex a bit
- Bend out of shape
- Make sore
More clues leading to the result TEASE
More clues leading to the result BUG
- Glitch
- Listening device
- Annoy
- Common cold
- Pester
- Program problem
- Eavesdropper's aid
- Surveillance device
- Popular VW car
- Plant microphones
More clues leading to the result CHAFE
- Rub
- Irritate
- Wear by rubbing
- Irritate in a way
- Rub annoyingly
- Rub the wrong way
- Abrade by rubbing
- React to wool, maybe
- Rub roughly
- Cause friction
More clues leading to the result FRET
- Worry
- Guitar neck part
- Guitar part
- Fingerboard ridge
- Viol feature
- Neck division
- Neck line?
- Fender marking
- Neck line
- Neckline?
More clues leading to the result IRRITATE
More clues leading to the result WEARON
- Annoy
- Elapse tediously
- Seem grating to
- Bore or burden
- Induce irritability
- Pass slowly, as time
- Pass slowly
- Irritate
- Become annoying to
- Make one tired
More clues leading to the result HARASS
- Bug
- Torment
- Dog
- Drive up a wall
- Be a constant pest
- Go beyond pestering
- Persecute
- Annoy persistently
- Hector
- Nag
More clues leading to the result EAT
- Absorb, as a loss
- "Mangia!"
- Bolt down
- Chow down
- Consume
- Have a nosh
- Lunch
- Scarf down
- Take nourishment
- Dine out
More clues leading to the result TRY
- Take a crack at
- Attempt
- Hear, as a case
- Stab
- Take a shot at
- Venture
- Have a go at
- Shot
- Sit in judgment
- The old college ___
More clues leading to the result RANKLE
- Irritate
- Annoy
- Fill with resentment
- Annoy no end
- Cause irritation
- Stick in one's craw
- Get one's goat
- Grate on
- Continue to irritate
- Fester in one's mind
More clues leading to the result BOTHER
- Fuss
- Take the trouble
- Get under the skin of
- Bug
- Trouble
- Annoy
- Pester
- Petty annoyance
- Inconvenience.
- Exclamation of mild vexation.
More clues leading to the result ROIL
More clues leading to the result NAG
- Harp
- Worthless horse
- Fuss at
- Get on someone's case
- Harry
- Henpeck
- Old horse or ex-wife
- Pester
- Remind and remind and remind
- Annoy
More clues leading to the result GETTO
- Arrive
- Arrive at
- Reach
- Really irk
- Bother
- Bother, after a while
- "___ work!"
- Affect emotionally
- Have an effect on
- Annoy
More clues leading to the result HASSLE
- Botheration
- Bug
- Altercate
- Discompose
- Talking to customer service, typically
- Pain in the neck
- Big runaround
- Major headache
- Real pain in the ass
- Squabble
More clues leading to the result GALL
- Impudent boldness
- Rub sore
- Saddle sore
- Nerve
- Unmitigated __
- Irk big-time
- Chutzpah
- Effrontery
- Some nerve
- Brazen boldness
More clues leading to the result HARRY
- "The Trouble with ___": Hitchcock
- "The Trouble with ___":
- One Direction singer Styles
- Reasoner of note
- Rag annoyingly
- J.K.'s hero
- British prince
- "Dirty" character
- Morgan of "M*A*S*H"
- Potter or Truman
More clues leading to the result GRATE
- Prepare Parmesan
- Prepare the Romano
- Prepare Parmesan cheese
- Shred potatoes
- Furnace feature
- Rankle
- Get annoying
- Set teeth on edge
- Storm-drain cover
- Iron framework
More clues leading to the result BESET
- Plague
- Worry
- Assail
- Attack from all directions
- Under siege
- Harass
- Under attack
- Widely assailed
- Harried
- Hem in
More clues leading to the result BAIT
- Minnows, perhaps
- Worms, often
- Worms, perhaps
- Fisherman's need
- Switch's partner
- Worms and such
- Troll
- Lead astray
- Night crawlers
- Goad
More clues leading to the result RUB
- Spice massaged onto raw food
- Try to work the knots out of, as a muscle
- Tug partner
- Massage
- "Ay, there's the ___"
- Get the knots out of, say
- Predicament
- Spa selection
- Source of irritation
- Abrade
More clues leading to the result GETAT
More clues leading to the result BEDEVIL
More clues leading to the result INNE
- Roadhouse, in colonial times
- Quaintly named lodging
- Rest stop, in colonial times
- Ye Olde Wayside ___.
- Ye old-fashioned hostelry.
- Hotel, old style.
- Olde English stopover
- Taverne
- Rest stop, once
- Annoy
More clues leading to the result GETONESGOAT
More clues leading to the result PERTURB
- Unsettle
- Trouble the mind
- Agitate
- Bother
- Agitate.
- Give cause for alarm.
- Make uneasy.
- Disquiet greatly; agitate
- Disquiet
- Discompose
More clues leading to the result DRIVEUPTHEWALL
More clues leading to the result RIDE
- Sally in space
- "Thumb a ___"
- Catch a Greyhound
- The Cyclone, for one
- Thumb a __ (hitchhike)
- Be carried by
- Carnival attraction
- Disneyland attraction
- Emulate Miss Daisy
- Go by car
More clues leading to the result EXASPERATE
- Drive batty
- Really rile
- Drive nuts
- Cause impatience
- Try the patience of
- Incense.
- Annoy.
- Nettle
- Cause irritation
- Annoy extremely
More clues leading to the result HECKLE
- Needle
- Taunt from the stands
- Mock comics
- Badger from the bleachers
- Badger at the park
- Badger at the comedy club
- Give a hard time at the comedy club
- Annoy from the audience
- Razz from the stands
- Razz, as a performer
More clues leading to the result BADGER
- University of Wisconsin athlete
- Pester
- Wisconsin's official state animal
- Nag
- Pester constantly
- Harass
- Harry
- Annoy constantly
- Harass persistently
- Wisconsin native
More clues leading to the result GRATEON
More clues leading to the result IRE
More clues leading to the result RASP
- Coarse file
- File
- Grating sound
- Harsh sound
- Grate
- Not sound smooth
- Sound like Demi Moore or Marlene Dietrich
- Croak
- Farrier's tool
- Croaking voice
More clues leading to the result AGITATE
- Stir up
- Whip into a lather
- Perturb
- Boil over
- Rattle
- Fluster
- Part of a wash cycle
- Rile up
- Joggle
- Bring to a fever pitch