Rub

The answer

ABRADE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABRADE answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ADUB (17 uses in xd)
• CHAFE (10 uses in xd)
• ITIN (5 uses in xd)
• WIPE (4 uses in xd)
• MASSAGE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ABRADE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABRADE, most used first.

• Wear away - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Rub the wrong way - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Wear down - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Chafe - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Scrape off - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Scrape - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Rub off - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Wear roughly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Use sandpaper on - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Use a pumice stone - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Rub down - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Wear by rubbing - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Rub elbows - HOBNOB, used 16 times
• Rub with oil - ANOINT, used 13 times
• Rub elbows (with) - HOBNOB, used 12 times
• Rub the wrong way - NETTLE, used 10 times
• Rub out - EFFACE, used 9 times
• Playful knuckle rub - NOOGIE, used 7 times

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