Out of __; irritable

The answer

SORTS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORTS answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SORTS

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

• Classifies - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Varieties - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Types - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Kinds - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Out of ___ - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Categorizes - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Puts in order - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Alphabetizes, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Puts into piles - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Alphabetizes - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Classes - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Arranges - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Separates into stacks - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Alphabetizes, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Does a laundry chore - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Ilks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Organizes - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Separates - 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.

• Wipe out - ERASE, used 244 times
• Rub out - ERASE, used 217 times
• Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
• Irritable - TESTY, used 191 times
• Parcel out - ALLOT, used 177 times
• Draw out - EDUCE, used 168 times

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