Scold harshly
The crossword clue "Scold harshly" is answered by BERATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BERATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BERATE answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 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.
- LAMBASTE (2 uses in xd)
- LAYINTO (1 uses in xd)
- LOWERTHEBOOM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BERATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BERATE, most used first.
- Scold - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Chew out - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Dress down - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Chide - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Tongue-lash - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Bawl out - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Rebuke - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Yell at - 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.
- Criticize harshly - SCATHE, used 20 times
- Harshly bright - AGLARE, used 11 times
- Criticize harshly - RAILAT, used 10 times
- Scold - REBUKE, used 9 times
- Scold - YELLAT, used 8 times
- Scold harshly - RAILAT, used 8 times
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