Irritable and impatient
The crossword clue "Irritable and impatient" is answered by TESTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TESTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TESTY answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TESTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by TESTY, most used first.
- Irritable - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
- Peevish - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Short-tempered - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Snappish - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Irascible - used 38 times, most recently in 2019
- Easily irritated - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Cantankerous - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- On edge - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Easily annoyed - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Apt to snap - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Cross - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Ill-tempered - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- In a crabby mood - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- In a foul mood - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- In a bad mood - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Easily angered - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Cranky - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Easily irked - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- In a peeved mood - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Choleric - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- In a mean mood - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- In a peevish mood - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Petulant - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready to snap - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
- Oohed and __ - AAHED, used 77 times
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