Sharp irritation
The crossword clue "Sharp irritation" is answered by PIQUE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PIQUE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PIQUE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PIQUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PIQUE, most used first.
- Arouse, as interest - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Resentment - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Stimulate, as curiosity - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Arouse - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Excite, as interest - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Nettle - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
- Annoyed state - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Irritated state - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stimulate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Arouse, as curiosity - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Irritation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Excite - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Snit - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Make angry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ruffled pride - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Stimulate, as interest - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Sharp - ACUTE, used 85 times
- Sharp ridge - ARETE, used 39 times
- Sharp mountain ridge - ARETE, used 38 times
- D sharp equivalent - EFLAT, used 32 times
- Sharp-smelling - ACRID, used 31 times
- Sharp - ACRID, used 27 times
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