Clues for the word "FRET"
We've had 163 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 579 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 28, 2026.
Definition of fret
- n. - See 1st Frith.
- v. t. - To devour.
- v. t. - To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship.
- v. t. - To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
- v. t. - To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
- v. t. - To tease; to irritate; to vex.
- v. i. - To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges.
- v. i. - To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
- v. i. - To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast.
- v. i. - To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
- n. - The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- n. - Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation; as, he keeps his mind in a continual fret.
- n. - Herpes; tetter.
- n. - The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.
- v. t. - To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.
- n. - Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork.
- n. - An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art.
- n. - The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair.
- n. - A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- n. - A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.
- v. t. - To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music.
Referring Clues
- Ukulele feature
- Stew
- Agonize
- Worry
- Mandolin feature
- Guitar part
- Lose sleep (over)
- Fuss
- Not have peace of mind
- Not be calm
- Sweat bullets
- Ridge on a guitar neck
- Fingerboard ridge
- Stay awake nights
- Guitarist's worry?
- Become vexed
- Guitar player's guide
- Worry (about)
- Fingerboard part
- Be in a stew
- Get in a stew
- Feature of some necks
- Stew (over)
- Lute line
- Fingerboard feature
- Ridge on a guitar's fingerboard
- Ridge on a fingerboard
- Steel guitar neck detail
- Ukulele neck detail
- Sweat it
- Wring one's hands
- Guitar neck ridge
- Be a worrywart
- Guitar ridge
- Mandolin ridge
- Neck piece
- Neck line?
- Neck piece?
- Agonize (over)
- Brood
- Musical ridge
- Guitar feature
- Be anxious
- Be worried
- Guitar-neck bump
- Act the worrywart
- Worry unnecessarily
- Banjo ridge
- Pace up and down
- Act like a worrywart
- Guitar neck feature
- Worry nervously
- Part of a fingerboard
- Get all worked up
- Not rest easy
- Say "What to do? What to do?," e.g.
- Spot for a barre chord
- Show anxiety
- Part of a long neck
- Lose sleep, perhaps
- Worrisome guitar part?
- Stew (about)
- The ridge on the neck of a guitar
- Chafe
- Stew, in a way
- Bar on a guitar
- Seccumb to worry
- Neck division
- Vex
- Neckline?
- Guitar bar
- Banjo feature
- Succumb to worry
- Worry too much
- Sitar part
- Lack peace of mind
- Worry one's pretty little head
- If you can't play guitar, don't ___
- Neck ridge
- Stress (over)
- Brood over
- Thing on a guitar
- Part of the neck?
- Fuss and fume
- Thing on a guitar neck
- Banjo part
- Be greatly worried
- Be discontented
- Worry (over)
- Feature of a viol, but not most violins
- Guitar line
- Bite one's nails
- Fume
- Overly worry
- Worry your fool head off
- Raised metal strip on guitar neck
- Worry excessively
- Sea mist that allows instrumentalist to stop
- A small piece of wood - pine?
- Vex oneself - part of a fingerboard
- Bar for musicians causes distress
- Worry about a guitar piece?
- Worry about going stern-first into a waterfall
- Worry about the guitar part?
- Worry - pine
- Key pattern on a guitar?
- Worry - ridge on guitar's fingerboard
- Worry about ornamental work
- Eat into bar
- Feature of fingerboard causes worry
- Worry - bar on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument
- Menace of the Krays brings worry
- Worry on which to put your finger
- Toss and turn
- Ridge on a neck
- Bother
- Worry about moving into empty flat
- Sort of saw for pine
- Worry about appearing in newspaper
- Worry one on board?
- Worry about being taken in by short measure
- Worry? Strings could be attached!
- Guitarist puts his finger on this worry
- Part of a Gibson, say, about to be wrapped in pink paper
- Worry about the guitar part?
- Be distressed
- Feel discontent
- Be worrisome
- Be in a dither
- Worry and worry
- Thing on an ax's neck?
- Be a bundle of nerves
- Ukulele neck feature
- One not found on a violin
- Banjo bar
- Ukulele ridge
- Fingerboard bar
- Worry, or guitar part
- Lose sleep, so to speak
- What Christina Rossetti thought 8 did against the boundary shore?
- Something found on a neck
- Sit and stew
- Raised area on a neck
- Be vexed
- Make a fuss: sea mist
- Ridge on a banjo
- Cello's lack
- Thing on a guitar's neck
- Really worry
- Worry about a guitar piece?
- Thing on the neck of a guitar
- Movable strip on a sitar
- Part of a guitar
- Line on a neck
- Ridge on a guitar's neck
- Guitar neck part
- Bite one's nails, say
- Pine
- Sitar ridge
- Lose sleep, maybe
- Guitar component
- Violin's lack
- Be all in a tizzy
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 28, 2026
- LA Times - January 18, 2026
- Daily American - December 10, 2025
- Daily American - December 05, 2025
- New York Times - November 30, 2025
- Daily American - November 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 23, 2025
- Daily American - July 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 11, 2025
- Daily American - April 22, 2025
- LA Times - April 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2025
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