The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word IRK , but the solution may also be GRATE ON which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Rankle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRK | 33 % | 3 |
| FESTER | 24 % | 6 |
| VEX | 10 % | 3 |
| ANNOY | 9 % | 5 |
| EMBITTER | 6 % | 8 |
| GRATE | 4 % | 5 |
| RILE | 4 % | 4 |
| GRATEON | 4 % | 7 |
| GRATE ON | 1 % | 8 |
| EATAT | 1 % | 5 |
| ANGER | 1 % | 5 |
| GALL | 1 % | 4 |
Why may GRATE-ON be the right solution?
"Rankle" means to cause someone to feel angry or irritated. "Grate on" is a phrasal verb that means to annoy or irritate someone, making it a fitting answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rankle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fret
- eat into
- grate
- fester
- gall
- rile
- endear
- infuriate
- mollify
- irritate
- annoy
- placate
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 FESTER
- Become inflamed
- Rankle, as bad feelings
- Rankle
- "The Addams Family" uncle
- Continue to irritate, as bad feeling
- Uncle at 0001 Cemetery Lane, in '60s TV
- Rankle, as resentment
- Cause increasing bitterness
- Relative of Wednesday
- Grow embittered
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 EMBITTER
- Excite hate
- Rankle
- Cause hard feelings
- Acidulate
- Sour
- Aggravate.
- Exacerbate.
- Make resentful.
- Exacerbate
- Cause hostile feelings
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 RILE
More clues leading to the result GRATEON
More clues leading to the result GRATE ON
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 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