Croak

The answer

RASP

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 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.

• BUYTHEFARM (1 uses in xd)
• CAW (1 uses in xd)
• RIBBIT (1 uses in xd)

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
• A file that can't be opened - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• 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
• 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

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.

• ___ avis - RARA, used 650 times
• Costa ___ - RICA, used 436 times
• Depend (on) - RELY, used 417 times
• Harvest - REAP, used 415 times
• Pro ___ - RATA, used 411 times
• Make over - REDO, used 404 times

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