Annoys

The answer

IRKS

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

Used 217 times across 64 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 28 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.

• RILES (23 uses in xd)
• PESTERS (16 uses in xd)
• VEXES (13 uses in xd)
• MIFFS (11 uses in xd)
• BUGS (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRKS

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

• Vexes - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Rubs the wrong way - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticks off - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Bothers - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Irritates - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Bugs - used 39 times, most recently in 2023
• Nettles - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Peeves - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Aggravates - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Exasperates - used 25 times, most recently in 2021

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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