Rubbed the wrong way
The crossword clue "Rubbed the wrong way" is answered by RILED, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RILED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RILED answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1990. 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.
- IRRITATED (5 uses in xd)
- ABRADED (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for RILED
Every other clue in this collection answered by RILED, most used first.
- Irritated - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Ticked off - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Stirred up - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Worked (up) - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Annoyed - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Made angry - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Angered - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Hot under the collar - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Upset - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Agitated - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Steamed - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Vexed - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- All worked up - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Het up - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Seeing red - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Got one's goat - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Irked - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Provoked - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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