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The answer

IRES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRES answer page.

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IRES

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

• Angers - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticks off - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
• Enrages - used 43 times, most recently in 2021
• Makes angry - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Infuriates - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Tees off - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry states - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Burns up - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Hot tempers - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Incenses - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• Steams up - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Makes mad - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Wraths - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Maddens - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Piques - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Annoys - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
• Furies - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Provokes - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Rages - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Vexes - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• More than annoys - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Red states? - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Gets one's dander up - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Irritates - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Outrages - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Riles up - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Ruffles feathers - used 6 times, most recently in 2004

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.

• Notion - IDEA, used 778 times
• Dies ___ - IRAE, used 714 times
• Concerning - INRE, used 658 times
• Privy to - INON, used 501 times
• ___ facto - IPSO, used 459 times
• Concept - IDEA, used 422 times

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