The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TESTY , but the solution may also be CROSS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Irritable crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TESTY | 46 % | 5 |
| EDGY | 26 % | 4 |
| CRANKY | 6 % | 6 |
| CROSS | 4 % | 5 |
| TETCHY | 4 % | 6 |
| ONEDGE | 2 % | 6 |
| PETULANT | 2 % | 8 |
| SNAPPY | 1 % | 6 |
| PECKISH | 1 % | 7 |
| PEEVISH | 1 % | 7 |
| SORE | 1 % | 4 |
| SNAPPISH | 1 % | 8 |
| PRICKLY | 1 % | 7 |
| CRABBY | 1 % | 6 |
| RASPY | 1 % | 5 |
| NETTLY | 1 % | 6 |
| FRETFUL | 1 % | 7 |
| SNARKY | 1 % | 6 |
| CHOLERIC | 1 % | 8 |
| TECHY | 1 % | 5 |
| INAMOOD | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Irritable
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- testy
- nettlesome
- ill-natured
- tetchy
- pettish
- peevish
- petulant
- fractious
- excitable
- cranky
- peckish
- sensitive
Crossword Answer definitions
TESTY adjective- Easily annoyed, irritable.
- Marked by impatience or ill humor.
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 TESTY
- Irritable
- On edge
- Easily irritated
- Cross
- Peevish
- Not exactly easygoing
- Irascible
- Easily nettled
- Ready to snap
- Short-tempered
More clues leading to the result EDGY
- Wired
- Tense
- Like indie crosswords (we hope)
- Like much prestige television
- Pacing, perhaps
- All wound up
- Innovative and daring
- Like challenging art
- Likely to snap
- Risk-taking
More clues leading to the result CRANKY
- Grouchy
- Peevish
- 7-Dwarfs' cross kin?
- Cantankerous.
- Irritable.
- Ill-tempered.
- Cross
- Ill-tempered
- Irascible
- Irritable
More clues leading to the result CROSS
- Peevish
- In a nasty mood
- Intersect
- Church figure
- Fit to be tied
- In a bad mood
- Liable to lose it
- Bad-tempered
- Irritated
- Vampire protection
More clues leading to the result TETCHY
More clues leading to the result ONEDGE
- Tense
- Irritable
- Very nervous
- Not heads or tails
- Liable to blow up
- Really anxious
- Unable to relax
- Uptight
- Tense or impatient
- Jittery
More clues leading to the result PETULANT
- Contemptuous
- Irritated by the littlest things
- Touchy
- Crabby
- Peevish
- Prone to snits
- Cranky
- Irritable.
- Showing irritation.
- Querulous.
More clues leading to the result SNAPPY
- "Make it ___!"
- Cleverly succinct
- "...and make it ___" ("Hurry up")
- Irritable
- Like some comebacks
- Quick
- Way to make it?
- Impatient
- Lively
- "Make it __!"
More clues leading to the result PECKISH
More clues leading to the result PEEVISH
More clues leading to the result SORE
- Aching
- Hot under the collar
- Saddle ____ (equestrian's woe)
- Ticked
- Ticked off
- Inflamed and painful
- Painful place
- Steamed
- Tender
- Touchy
More clues leading to the result SNAPPISH
More clues leading to the result PRICKLY
More clues leading to the result CRABBY
- Inclined to complaining
- In an unpleasant mood
- Ill-tempered
- Peevish
- Like a grouch
- Cantankerous
- Like Lucy of "Peanuts"
- In a foul mood
- Churlish
- Irritable
More clues leading to the result RASPY
- Grating
- Like Popeye's voice
- Not mellifluous
- Like a cat's tongue
- Kittenish, as tongues go
- Gravelly
- Laryngitic
- Resembling a hoarse whisperer?
- Sounding vocally fatigued
- Like Carol Channing's voice
More clues leading to the result NETTLY
More clues leading to the result FRETFUL
More clues leading to the result SNARKY
- Crotchety
- Irritable
- Rudely sarcastic
- Impertinent in tone
- Like a comment that may elicit "Oh, snap!"
- Snide
- Cutting
- Snide and sassy
- Like some unpleasant comments
- Snidely rude
More clues leading to the result CHOLERIC
- Wrathful
- Ill-tempered
- In a rage
- Easily made angry.
- Irascible.
- Quick-tempered.
- Hot-tempered.
- Splenetic
- Irascible
- Irritable