Tread the boards

The answer

ACT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACT answer page.

Used 42 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 15 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.

• PLAYACT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ACT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ACT, most used first.

• Do something - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
• Play division - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Take steps - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Performance - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Behave - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a role - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a part - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Drama division - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform in a play - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform on stage - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Play segment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Charade - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Don't just sit there - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a move - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Step into character - used 27 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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