Throat infection
The crossword clue "Throat infection" is answered by STREP, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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 ailment, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Throat-clearing sounds - AHEMS, used 22 times
- Infection fighter - TCELL, used 11 times
- Bacterial infection, for short - STAPH, used 10 times
- Computer "infection" - VIRUS, used 10 times
- Kind of infection - STAPH, used 10 times
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