Word of contempt

The answer

BAH

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1956. 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.

• PISH (4 uses in xd)
• PAH (2 uses in xd)
• POH (2 uses in xd)
• POOH (2 uses in xd)
• PSHAW (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for BAH

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

• "Humbug!" - used 262 times, most recently in 2026
• "Phooey!" - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrooge's cry - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrooge cry - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Nonsense!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrooge word - used 26 times, most recently in 2016
• Cry of contempt - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Pooh! - used 25 times, most recently in 2007
• Scrooge's word - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Poppycock!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Scrooge's shout - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrooge's exclamation - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Word from Scrooge - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Dickensian cry - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "___, humbug!" (Scrooge's cry) - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Derisive cry - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dickensian epithet - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Ebenezer's exclamation - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• "Harrumph!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Scrooge's outburst - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• "A Christmas Carol" cry - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Cross word - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry from Scrooge - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Shout from Scrooge - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Word of disgust - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Scoff from Scrooge - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrooge exclamation - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "Fiddlesticks!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Scrooge's scoff - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of disgust - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "Pshaw!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry to Cratchit - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• "What nonsense!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Ebenezer's outburst - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "Humph!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Rubbish!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Scrooge expletive - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Scrooge outburst - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Scroogean outburst - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Curmudgeon's cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Dickensian outburst - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ebenezer's epithet - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Ebenezer's expletive - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Exclamation of contempt - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Nuts!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Scroogean cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Cry before "Humbug!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclamation from Ebenezer - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Expression of contempt - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Faugh! - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• "Hogwash!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Society page word - NEE, used 182 times
• "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
• Itinerary word - VIA, used 119 times
• Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
• Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
• Towel word - HIS, used 85 times

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