Steam up
The crossword clue "Steam up" is answered by RILE, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RILE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RILE answer page.
Used 24 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2017; 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 answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for RILE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RILE, most used first.
- Make angry - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- Stir up - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Anger - used 105 times, most recently in 2025
- Vex - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Tick off - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoy - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Agitate - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub the wrong way - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
- Get one's goat - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Provoke - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Aggravate - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Nettle - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Peeve - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Irk - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Work up - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Get to - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Let off steam - VENT, used 76 times
- Blow off steam - VENT, used 63 times
- Lose steam - TIRE, used 58 times
- Run out of steam - TIRE, used 22 times
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