Throat ailment, briefly
The crossword clue "Throat ailment, briefly" is answered by STREP, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STREP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STREP answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STREP
Every other clue in this collection answered by STREP, most used first.
- ___ throat - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat ailment - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat affliction - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat bug - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Throat-culture finding - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Throat problem - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Throat trouble - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat ailment, for short - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat malady - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat infection - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Antibiotic target - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Throat issue - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Throat prob. - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Throat threat - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Throat dangler - UVULA, used 60 times
- Bridge bid, briefly - ONENO, used 32 times
- Even if, briefly - ALTHO, used 26 times
- Briefly - INSUM, used 25 times
- Stomach ailment - ULCER, used 25 times
- Shoulder muscles, briefly - DELTS, used 22 times
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