Rub the wrong way
The crossword clue "Rub the wrong way" is answered by PEEVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PEEVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEEVE answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for PEEVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEEVE, most used first.
- Irritate - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoy - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoyance - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- "Pet" annoyance - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Pet ___ - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Tick off - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Irk - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Source of annoyance - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Pet problem? - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Source of irritation - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Nettle - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Really annoy - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- "Pet" irritation - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Vex - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Annoyance: Colloq. - used 7 times, most recently in 1962
- Vexation - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Pet complaint - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Pet ___ (grievance) - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Pet __ (ongoing annoyance) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Rub out - ERASE, used 217 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
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