The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word IRK , but the solution may also be EATAT which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
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 | 25 % | 6 |
| VEX | 10 % | 3 |
| ANNOY | 9 % | 5 |
| EMBITTER | 6 % | 8 |
| GRATE | 4 % | 5 |
| RILE | 4 % | 4 |
| GRATEON | 4 % | 7 |
| EATAT | 1 % | 5 |
| ANGER | 1 % | 5 |
| GALL | 1 % | 4 |
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 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