Clues for the word "RANKLE"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 110 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 10, 2026.
Definition of rankle
- a. - To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
- a. - To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
- v. t. - To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
Referring Clues
- Irritate
- Really irritate
- Annoy
- Stick in one's craw
- Get one's goat
- Fester in one's mind
- Continue to irritate
- Gnaw into
- Cause resentment
- Annoy greatly
- Rub the wrong way
- Cause irritation
- Irk
- Grate on
- Disturb
- Not sit well
- Arouse bitterness
- Evoke bitterness
- Fill with resentment
- Cause anger
- Cause long-lasting anger
- Vex
- Really bug
- Tick off
- Really get to
- Really rile
- Persistently irritate
- Get on one's nerves
- Embitter
- Row created by the French to fester
- Cause irritation right on the joint
- Fester
- Continually vex or irritate
- Offensive Little Englander starts to cause irritation
- Cause bitterness
- Chafe part of leg after rubbing initially
- Cause continuous irritation
- Continue to vex
- Continue to annoy
- Feel sore in right leg joint
- Gnaw away at
- Bug scuttled over large beast
- Cause resentment in joint after start of rehearsal
- Right 22 will not be forgotten
- Class getting the French bug
- Bother big-time
- Get under one’s skin
- Get on the nerves of
- Get under one's skin
- Irritate Grandpa like crazy
- Greatly irritate
- Cause resentment or irritation
- Gall
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 05, 2025
- Daily American - July 31, 2025
- Daily American - July 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2025
- Mirror Mini - March 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2024
- LA Times - June 06, 2024
- Family Time - April 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 30, 2023
- Daily American - July 31, 2023
- Daily American - July 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - December 21, 2022
- Family Time - October 03, 2022
- LA Times - July 07, 2022
- Family Time - January 14, 2018
- Evening Standard Quick - November 08, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 29, 2017
- Daily American - July 31, 2017
- Daily American - July 06, 2017
- Mirror Mini - March 11, 2017
- Netword - January 16, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - January 10, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - January 02, 2017
- Netword - November 23, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 06, 2016
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