Grating sounds
The crossword clue "Grating sounds" is answered by RASPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RASPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RASPS answer page.
Used 29 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RASPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RASPS, most used first.
- Speaks hoarsely - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Coarse files - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
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