Rub the wrong way
The crossword clue "Rub the wrong way" is answered by VEX, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
VEX
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VEX answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for VEX
Every other clue in this collection answered by VEX, most used first.
- Irritate - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
- Annoy - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Puzzle - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Irk - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Nettle - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Exasperate - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Bother - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Torment - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Bug - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Rankle - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Bedevil - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Plague - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Really irritate - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Aggravate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Trouble - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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