Talks hoarsely
The crossword clue "Talks hoarsely" is answered by RASPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RASPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RASPS answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 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
- Grating sounds - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Grates - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Files - used 15 times, most recently in 2000
- Abrades - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- Rough files - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Irritates - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Some files - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Harsh sounds - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- Woodworking tools - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Abrasive tools - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Coarse tools - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Speaks scratchily - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Talks wildly - RANTS, used 28 times
- Talks big - BRAGS, used 20 times
- Talks like Daffy Duck - LISPS, used 13 times
- Talks up - TOUTS, used 13 times
- Casual talks - CHATS, used 12 times
- Informal talks - CHATS, used 12 times
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