Rub the wrong way
The crossword clue "Rub the wrong way" is answered by CHAFE, a 5-letter entry. Used 55 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus.
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CHAFE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHAFE answer page.
Used 55 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CHAFE
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- Irritate - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
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