Anger, with "up"

The answer

RILE

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

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RILE

Every other clue in this collection answered by RILE, most used first.

• Make angry - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Irritate - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Stir up - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Anger - used 105 times, most recently in 2025
• Vex - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Tick off - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Annoy - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Agitate - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Rub the wrong way - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Get one's goat - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
• Provoke - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Aggravate - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Nettle - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Peeve - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Irk - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Steam up - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Work up - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Get to - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Bug - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Exasperate - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Tee off - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
• Get one's dander up - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Irritate: Colloq. - used 16 times, most recently in 1979
• Make mad - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Miff - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Raise the hackles of - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Vex: Colloq. - used 13 times, most recently in 1964
• Antagonize - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Infuriate - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Agitate, with "up" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Get under one's skin - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Stir to anger - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Upset - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Ruffle some feathers - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Incense - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Really annoy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bother - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Madden - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Stir - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Vex: Dial. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
• Enrage - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Really bug - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Really get to - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruffle feathers - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Ruffle the feathers of - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Get all stirred up - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Irritate but good - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make hopping mad - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Raise one's hackles - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Ruffle one's feathers - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Stir up, without a spoon - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Prefix with dynamic - AERO, used 152 times
• Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
• Done with - OVER, used 145 times
• With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times
• With skill - ABLY, used 127 times
• Mix with a spoon - STIR, used 117 times

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