The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RILE , but the solution may also be IRK which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Irritate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RILE | 20 % | 4 |
| ROIL | 8 % | 4 |
| IRK | 7 % | 3 |
| NETTLE | 7 % | 6 |
| RASP | 7 % | 4 |
| CHAFE | 7 % | 5 |
| VEX | 6 % | 3 |
| ANNOY | 4 % | 5 |
| MIFF | 4 % | 4 |
| RANKLE | 4 % | 6 |
| PEEVE | 4 % | 5 |
| PIQUE | 3 % | 5 |
| TEASE | 2 % | 5 |
| GRATE | 2 % | 5 |
| TEEOFF | 2 % | 6 |
| ABRADE | 1 % | 6 |
| PROVOKE | 1 % | 7 |
| GALL | 1 % | 4 |
| BUG | 1 % | 3 |
| EATAT | 1 % | 5 |
| IRE | 1 % | 3 |
| PESTER | 1 % | 6 |
| FRET | 1 % | 4 |
| ACERBATE | 1 % | 8 |
| ANGER | 1 % | 5 |
| EXACERBATE | 1 % | 10 |
| BOTHER | 1 % | 6 |
| RUFFLE | 1 % | 6 |
| WEARON | 1 % | 6 |
| INCENSE | 1 % | 7 |
| RUBTHEYAWGNORW | 1 % | 14 |
| RUBTHEWRONGWAY | 0 % | 14 |
| NAG | 0 % | 3 |
| GET | 0 % | 3 |
| GETAT | 0 % | 5 |
| BURNUP | 0 % | 6 |
Why may VEX be the right solution?
The word "vex" means to irritate or annoy someone. Therefore, "vex" is the right answer to the clue "irritate."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Irritate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- annoy
- rile
- vex
- bother
- rag
- nettle
- gravel
- devil
- get at
- get to
- nark
- irk
Crossword Answer definitions
RILE verb- To make angry
- To stir or move from a state of calm or order
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 RILE
More clues leading to the result ROIL
More clues leading to the result IRK
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 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 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 VEX
More clues leading to the result ANNOY
- Make hot under the collar
- Pester
- Slightly irritate
- Drive bonkers
- Bug
- Be on the back of
- Get under the collar of
- Be a pain in the neck
- Bother
- Irritate
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 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 PEEVE
More clues leading to the result PIQUE
- Arouse
- Snit
- Resentment
- Ill temper
- Excite, as interest
- Annoyance
- Engage, as interests
- Rouse
- Feeling of umbrage
- Arouse, as ire
More clues leading to the result TEASE
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 TEEOFF
- Get mad
- Drive on a course
- Hit one's drive
- Start a hole
- Hit a drive
- Start on the links
- Start the Masters
- Start golfing
- Irritate
- Start a round of golf
More clues leading to the result ABRADE
- Rub
- Scrape
- Wear away
- Rub the wrong way?
- Use a pumice stone
- Wear down
- Chafe
- Irritate
- What a beard might do
- Wear by rubbing
More clues leading to the result PROVOKE
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 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 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 IRE
More clues leading to the result PESTER
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 ACERBATE
More clues leading to the result ANGER
- Fit of temper
- Rage
- Breathe fire into
- Indignation
- Conniption cause
- Get one's dander up
- Provoke
- Tee off
- Possibly racist Depp movie Part II
- Fury
More clues leading to the result EXACERBATE
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 RUFFLE
- Petticoat feature
- Fashion frill
- Disturb
- Dust __
- Dress trimming
- Pinafore trim
- Irritate
- Perturb
- Clothing frill
- Drum sound
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 INCENSE
- Enrage
- Ceremonial odor
- Stuff burnt at church
- Pad perfume?
- Atmosphere enhancer
- You might deliberately burn it down
- Stick in a head shop
- Exasperate
- Smoke in a church
- Burn up
More clues leading to the result RUBTHEYAWGNORW
More clues leading to the result RUBTHEWRONGWAY
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 GET
- "__ lost!"
- "____ my drift?"
- Obtain
- Catch
- Come down with
- Pick up
- "___ Smart"
- Pay back
- Tennis retrieval
- "__ my drift?"