The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RASPING which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Scratchy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RASPING | 25 % | 7 |
| COARSE | 25 % | 6 |
| ABRASIVE | 25 % | 8 |
| HOARSE | 13 % | 6 |
| RASPISH | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scratchy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abrasive
- rough
- unsmooth
- staticky
- itchy
- sandpapery
- raspy
- fuzzy
- soft
- blotchy
- screechy
- smudgy
Crossword Answer definitions
RASPING verb- To use a rasp.
- To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- To work something with a rasp.
- To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
- A sound that rasps.
- The act of rasping as with a file.
- Raspy
- Exasperating
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 RASPING
- With a gravelly voice
- Hoarse
- Grating.
- Raucous.
- Irritating
- Grating upon
- Using a coarse tool on
- Scratchy
- Harsh
More clues leading to the result COARSE
- Like some files
- Rough
- Grating
- Far from finely ground
- Rough or vulgar
- Indelicate
- Like sandpaper
- Not fine
- Unrefined
- Like some sandpaper
More clues leading to the result ABRASIVE
- Like pumice
- Like sandpaper
- Pumice, e.g.
- Like emery
- Not very agreeable
- Smoothing stuff
- Substance used for polishing
- Emery.
- Not at all gentle
- Scratchy
More clues leading to the result HOARSE
- Croaking
- Having a frog in one's throat
- Like laryngitis sufferers
- Gravelly
- Laryngitic
- How Vito Corleone sounded
- Froggy-throated
- Rough-sounding
- Barely able to speak
- Raspy