Crossword-Solution: RUBS 4 letters, 74 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

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RUBS anagram BURS, SBUR, URBS

We have 74 clues for the answer “RUBS”

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Gives a massage 1 answer
Plays masseuse 1 answer
Meat applications 1 answer
McCormick Grill Mates and others 1 answer
Massages the wrong way? 1 answer
Knocks off, with "out" 1 answer
Grill seasonings 1 answer
Grates (against). 1 answer
Gives a massage to 1 answer
Points of difficulty 1 answer
Friction spots. 1 answer
Frets with friction 1 answer
Dry or wet applications, at a barbecue 1 answer
Dry barbecue coatings 1 answer
Does a polishing job. 1 answer
Coaxes from a lamp, with "out" 1 answer
Coats put on at barbecues 1 answer
Burnishes 1 answer
Subjects to friction. 1 answer
___ the wrong way (irritates) 1 answer
Works on a lottery ticket 1 answer
What Johnny Gill does the "Right Way" 1 answer
Uses elbow grease on 1 answer
Uses a washboard. 1 answer
Uses a holystone. 1 answer
Tries to ease, as an ache 1 answer
Summons a genie, perhaps 1 answer
Cleans with a cloth, say 1 answer
Spicy applications 1 answer
Spice blends used in grilling 1 answer
Spice blends 1 answer
Spice applications 1 answer
Shakespearean difficulties? 1 answer
Rib-joint applications 1 answer
Pre-grilling spice mixtures 1 answer
Polishes, say 1 answer
Barbecuing seasonings 1 answer
Activates a magic lamp 1 answer
Acts the masseur 1 answer
Alternatives to marinades 1 answer
Applications for Kansas City, St. Louis, etc. 1 answer
Applies liniment 1 answer
Applies ointment 1 answer
BBQ blends 1 answer
Barbecue blends 1 answer
Barbecue coatings 1 answer
Barbecue concoctions 1 answer
Barbecue seasonings 1 answer
Barbecue spice mixes 1 answer
Barbecue toppings 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RUBS (5)

They don’t think nothing of pulling a shot-tower up by the roots, and belting a Sunday-school superintendent over the head with it—or any other man.” “Who makes them tear around so?” “Why, whoever rubs the lamp or the ring.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
All his efforts become unavailing; the more he rubs, the duller the surface of his plate appears; and although he renews his cotton repeatedly, still he is obliged to content himself with an unsatisfactory finish.
American Handbook of the Daguerrotype Samuel D. Humphrey 1994
But the poor old man’s spirit was a trifle more threadbare; it seemed to have received some hard rubs during the summer.
The American Henry James 1994
Then speeds amain the great Sabellian boar, His tushes whets, with forefoot tears the ground, Rubs 'gainst a tree his flanks, and to and fro Hardens each wallowing shoulder to the wound.
The Georgics Virgil 2008
Sometimes I'm wakeful, and if he pommels my pillow good, brings me a drink, and rubs my head a few strokes with his strong, cool hands, I can settle down and have a good night's rest.
Laddie Gene Stratton-Porter 2008

Quotes with RUBS (3)

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
George Gordon Byron
A tiny bit of brilliance rubs off on you every time you interact with someone brilliant.
Hrishikesh Agnihotri
What rubs off on me is hard to rub off. So, I’d better figure out what I rubbing up against.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 115 times in crossword archives (1948–2025).