Be a braggart
The crossword clue "Be a braggart" is answered by BOAST, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. 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
BOAST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOAST answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. 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.
- TOOTYOUROWNHORN (2 uses in xd)
- TOOTONESOWNHORN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BOAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOAST, most used first.
- Brag - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk big - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Crow - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Toot one's own horn - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk a big game - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Gasconade - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Blow one's own horn - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Vaunt. - used 8 times, most recently in 1984
- Sing one's own praises - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Toot one's horn - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Toot your own horn - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Vain claim - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Be immodest - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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