Abrade by rubbing
The crossword clue "Abrade by rubbing" is answered by CHAFE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHAFE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHAFE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CHAFE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHAFE, most used first.
- Rub the wrong way - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Abrade - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate by rubbing - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause friction - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Make sore by rubbing - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Annoy. - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Rub - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Rub raw - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Rub roughly - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Rub harshly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Abrade - ERODE, used 11 times
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