The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RILES , but the solution may also be ANNOYS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Universal uClick).
Irritates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RILES | 16 % | 5 |
| IRKS | 13 % | 4 |
| GALLS | 7 % | 5 |
| RASPS | 7 % | 5 |
| NETTLES | 6 % | 7 |
| PIQUES | 5 % | 6 |
| ROILS | 5 % | 5 |
| IRES | 5 % | 4 |
| VEXES | 5 % | 5 |
| CHAFES | 4 % | 6 |
| ANNOYS | 3 % | 6 |
| MIFFS | 3 % | 5 |
| GETSTO | 3 % | 6 |
| RANKLES | 2 % | 7 |
| NAGS | 2 % | 4 |
| GRATES | 2 % | 6 |
| PEEVES | 2 % | 6 |
| RUBSTHEWRONGWAY | 2 % | 15 |
| WEARSON | 2 % | 7 |
| XXXXXX | 1 % | 6 |
| TEASES | 1 % | 6 |
| ABRADES | 1 % | 7 |
| EATSAT | 1 % | 6 |
| FESTERS | 1 % | 7 |
| BUGS | 1 % | 4 |
| RUFFLES | 1 % | 7 |
| TICKSOFF | 1 % | 8 |
| SMARTS | 1 % | 6 |
| GRATESON | 1 % | 8 |
| ITCHES | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Irritates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vex
- annoy
- bother
- rile
- rag
- nark
- get at
- devil
- gravel
- nettle
- get to
- affects
Crossword Answer definitions
RILES 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 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 IRKS
More clues leading to the result GALLS
- Rankles
- Turns the stomach
- Vexes
- Bothers a lot
- Irritates
- Maddens
- Grates on
- Exasperates
- Angers
- Really ticks off
More clues leading to the result RASPS
- Coarse files
- Harsh sounds
- Throaty utterances
- Grating sounds
- Horseshoers' tools
- Sings like Tom Waits
- Sings like Satchmo
- Rough tools
- Talks hoarsely
- Is far from lilting
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 PIQUES
- Irritates
- Annoys
- Cotton fabrics.
- Provokes.
- Irritates.
- Stimulates
- Gets one's dander up
- Stimulates, as curiosity
More clues leading to the result ROILS
More clues leading to the result IRES
More clues leading to the result VEXES
More clues leading to the result CHAFES
More clues leading to the result ANNOYS
- Pesters
- Bothers
- Gets one's goat
- Drives up the wall
- Bugs
- Makes cross
- Rankles
- Rattles one's cage
- Ticks off
- Irks
More clues leading to the result MIFFS
- Annoys
- Tees off
- Offends
- Ticks off
- Puts out
- Irritates
- Makes angry
- Really annoys
- Offends: Slang.
- Offends: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result GETSTO
- Begins, as a task
- Bothers
- Reaches
- Arrives at
- Bothers big-time
- Bugs
- Affects
- Makes an impression on
- Irritates
- Annoys
More clues leading to the result RANKLES
- Annoys
- Irritates
- Irks
- Irritates continually
- Festers
- Vexes
- Really irritates
- Festers.
- Keeps bitter resentments.
- Causes long-term resentment.
More clues leading to the result NAGS
- Acts the back-seat driver
- Preakness competitors, slangily
- Also rans
- Beaten-down horses
- Carps
- Glue factory candidates
- Shrews
- Bettors bet on them
- Acts shrewish
- Emulates Xanthippe
More clues leading to the result GRATES
- Fireplaces
- Irks
- Irritates, with "on"
- Fireplace inserts
- Prepares cheese
- Fireplace frames
- Fireplace equipment.
- Fireplaces.
- Sounds harshly.
- Irritates.
More clues leading to the result PEEVES
- Certain pets?
- Annoyances
- Annoys
- Gets under the skin of
- Buggers?
- Irks some?
- Ticks off
- "Pet" sources of irritation
- Pet problems?
- Thorns in one's side
More clues leading to the result RUBSTHEWRONGWAY
- Irritates, like a masseuse?
- Bugs, or what's literally found in 17-, 26-, 48- and 59-Across
- Annoys
- Annoys.
- SBUR
- Irritates
More clues leading to the result WEARSON
More clues leading to the result XXXXXX
- "Is Anybody Goin' to San ___" (#1 Charley Pride song)
- "Macbeth" king
- "___ Mater" (hymn)
- 1960s-'70s series starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
- African capital
- Alley flanker
- Anders Celsius and Greta Garbo, for two
- Antarctic summit between peaks named for faith and charity
- Boo-boos
- English landscapist famous for "The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons"
More clues leading to the result TEASES
More clues leading to the result ABRADES
- Bothers
- Chafes
- Scrapes off
- Rubs the wrong way
- Rubs the wrong way?
- Erodes
- Scuffs
- Wears away by friction.
- Scrapes.
- Scrapes off.
More clues leading to the result EATSAT
- Bothers
- Really bothers
- Aggravates
- Bothers over time
- Corrodes
- Gnaws on
- Erodes
- Patronizes, as a restaurant
- Worries
- Consternates continuously
More clues leading to the result FESTERS
- Suppurates
- Rots
- Rankles
- Increases, as seething
- Irritates
- Causes increasing irritation
- Grows increasingly more irksome
- Worsens over time
- Becomes more and more intense, as anger
More clues leading to the result BUGS
- Runtime errors, say
- Toon hurler with a "pachydermous percussion pitch"
- "I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque" toon
- "Of course you realize ... this mean's war" speaker
- He should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque
- Programmer's banes
- Quarry of Elmer
- Computer programmer's goofs
- Elmer's nemesis
- Creepy-crawlies
More clues leading to the result RUFFLES
More clues leading to the result TICKSOFF
More clues leading to the result SMARTS
- Stings
- Common sense
- Brainpower
- Intelligence
- Intelligence, slangily
- Know-how
- Hurts a lot
- Brains
- Gray matter
- Horse sense