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Nettle

Answer: RILE - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Nettle" is answered by RILE, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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RILE

RILE

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

28Times used
22Distinct years
2025Most recent year
10Publications

Used 28 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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Other clues for RILE

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

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  • Anger - used 105 times, most recently in 2025
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  • 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
  • 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

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