Irritable
The crossword clue "Irritable" is answered by EDGY, a 4-letter entry. Used 47 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EDGY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGY answer page.
Used 47 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 8 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.
- CRANKY (14 uses in xd)
- TETCHY (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for EDGY
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGY, most used first.
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- Tense - used 90 times, most recently in 2024
- Jittery - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- On pins and needles - used 58 times, most recently in 2024
- Uptight - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Avant-garde - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Envelope-pushing - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Pushing the envelope - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Boundary-pushing - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Provocative - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- High-strung - used 25 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.
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- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- At any time - EVER, used 696 times
- Therefore - ERGO, used 684 times
- Gaelic - ERSE, used 679 times
- Raison d'___ - ETRE, used 658 times
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