Really bug

The answer

RILE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 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.

• EATAT (13 uses in xd)
• IRK (11 uses in xd)
• RANKLE (3 uses in xd)
• GETTO (2 uses in xd)
• AGGRAVATE (1 uses in xd)

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
• Anger, 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 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.

• Has a bug - AILS, used 98 times
• Bug-eyed - AGOG, used 90 times
• Like a bug in a rug - SNUG, used 61 times
• Really digging - INTO, used 44 times
• Really impresses - AWES, used 34 times
• "Really?" - ISIT, used 33 times

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