Easily irritated Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Easily irritated featured in New York Times puzzle on December 22, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TESTY.

Crossword Answer For Easily irritated:

5 Potential Answers:

Answer	Length	Source	Date
TESTY Easily irritated	(5)	New York Times	Dec 22, 2025
PRICKLY Easily irritated	(7)
PETULANT Easily irritated	(8)	The Sun Two Speed	Jun 30, 2019
SHORTONPATIENCE Easily irritated	(15)
PEEVISH Easily irritated	(7)

35 Similar Clues:

Rank	Answer	Length	Source	Date
35%	TETCHY Easily irritated, narky	(6)
31%	CROSS Easily irritated or badtempered (5)	(5)
31%	EVENTEMPERED Not easily irritated (4-8)	(12)
31%	IMPATIENT Easily irritated at delay (9)	(9)
28%	WASPISH Snake in desire to be easily irritated (7)	(7)	Puzzler Cryptic	Sep 26, 2024
28%	RUSTY Titian, easily irritated, blowing top	(5)
28%	CRABBY Someone who is grouchy or easily irritated	(6)
28%	TOUCHY In centre of stye, it's sore and easily irritated	(6)
4%	ANNOYED Irritated	(7)	The Times Concise	Dec 23, 2025
4%	IRKED Irritated	(5)	New York Times Mini	Dec 22, 2025

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What is the answer of Easily irritated Crossword Clue?

"Testy" means easily irritated. In crosswords, words like "testy" are often clued by synonyms or descriptions of their meanings to challenge solvers to think creatively about word associations.