Stick in one's craw
The crossword clue "Stick in one's craw" is answered by RANKLE, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
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RANKLE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RANKLE answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RANKLE
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- Irritate - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause resentment - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub the wrong way - used 7 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.
- Stick - ADHERE, used 177 times
- Stick (to) - ADHERE, used 76 times
- Stick together - COHERE, used 72 times
- Blows one's top - ERUPTS, used 34 times
- Stick like glue - ADHERE, used 33 times
- Takes as one's own - ADOPTS, used 29 times
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