Didn't just sit there

The answer

ACTED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTED answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACTED

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

• Played a role - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Took steps - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• Played a part - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Performed - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Behaved - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Trod the boards - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Performed on stage - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Performed in a play - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Did something - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Made a scene? - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Took measures - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Played the part - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Showed initiative - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Took a part - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Functioned - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Didn't dillydally - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Didn't sit by - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Pretended - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Did one's part? - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Did summer stock - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Pretended to be - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Appeared on stage - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Feigned - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Had a role to play - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hammed it up - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Was part of a cast - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Unable to sit still - ANTSY, used 86 times
• Just right - IDEAL, used 83 times
• "Who's there?" response - ITSME, used 63 times
• "___ there yet?" - AREWE, used 43 times
• "Who's there?" reply - ITSME, used 43 times
• The ones over there - THOSE, used 41 times

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