Pretended
The crossword clue "Pretended" is answered by ACTED, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACTED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTED answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 5 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.
- FEIGNED (5 uses in xd)
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 just sit there - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Didn't sit by - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Pretended - FAKED, used 13 times
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