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 |
| VEXES | 5 % | 5 |
| PIQUES | 5 % | 6 |
| ROILS | 5 % | 5 |
| IRES | 5 % | 4 |
| CHAFES | 4 % | 6 |
| GETSTO | 3 % | 6 |
| ANNOYS | 3 % | 6 |
| MIFFS | 3 % | 5 |
| WEARSON | 2 % | 7 |
| RANKLES | 2 % | 7 |
| NAGS | 2 % | 4 |
| GRATES | 2 % | 6 |
| PEEVES | 2 % | 6 |
| RUBSTHEWRONGWAY | 2 % | 15 |
| TICKSOFF | 1 % | 8 |
| SMARTS | 1 % | 6 |
| GRATESON | 1 % | 8 |
| ITCHES | 1 % | 6 |
| XXXXXX | 1 % | 6 |
| TEASES | 1 % | 6 |
| ABRADES | 1 % | 7 |
| EATSAT | 1 % | 6 |
| FESTERS | 1 % | 7 |
| BUGS | 1 % | 4 |
| RUFFLES | 1 % | 7 |
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 VEXES
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 CHAFES
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 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 WEARSON
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 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
More clues leading to the result GRATESON
More clues leading to the result ITCHES
- They may be hard to reach
- Scratches the surface?
- Cravings
- Yens
- Nails' targets
- Requires scratching
- Rash reactions
- Rash reactions?
- Things to scratch
- Urges
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