Rub the wrong way
The crossword clue "Rub the wrong way" is answered by IRK, a 3-letter entry. Used 58 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IRK
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRK answer page.
Used 58 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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