Indignation

The answer

IRE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRE answer page.

Used 95 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 21 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.

• ANGER (20 uses in xd)
• OUTRAGE (5 uses in xd)
• RESENTMENT (4 uses in xd)
• WRATH (2 uses in xd)
• DISPLEASURE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRE

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

• Anger - used 868 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrath - used 729 times, most recently in 2026
• Fury - used 505 times, most recently in 2026
• Rage - used 460 times, most recently in 2026
• Choler - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
• Dander - used 157 times, most recently in 2024
• Intense anger - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot temper - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• High dudgeon - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Spleen - used 88 times, most recently in 2025
• Hot blood - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Outrage - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious feeling - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry feeling - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Vexation - used 53 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Charged particle - ION, used 622 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• ___ Jima - IWO, used 514 times
• ___ de France - ILE, used 501 times
• Lyricist Gershwin - IRA, used 306 times
• Sort - ILK, used 282 times

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