A file that can't be opened
The crossword clue "A file that can't be opened" is answered by RASP, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RASP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RASP answer page.
Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RASP
Every other clue in this collection answered by RASP, most used first.
- Grate - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Coarse file - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
- Speak hoarsely - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- File - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Grating sound - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Hoarse voice - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Rough file - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Harsh sound - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Hoarse sound - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Scratchy voice - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Gravelly voice - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Farrier's tool - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Irritate - used 23 times, most recently in 2006
- Abrade - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrape - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
- Woodworking tool - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Abrasive tool - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Blacksmith's tool - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
- Sound hoarse - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Carpentry tool - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Scraping tool - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Filing tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Grate upon - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Scratchy sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Speak with a gravelly voice - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Wood file - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Rough voice - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Speak roughly - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Rub roughly - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound gravelly - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Talk hoarsely - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Vocal quality - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Carpenter's file - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Carpenter's tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Carpentry file - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Croak - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- File type - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Abrasive sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Grating voice - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Horseshoer's tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Sore throat sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Speak harshly - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Talk like Popeye - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Wood-shaping tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Woodworking file - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- In that case - IFSO, used 231 times
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- At that time - THEN, used 134 times
- "That makes sense" - ISEE, used 132 times
- "___ there, done that" - BEEN, used 123 times
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