Speak highly of oneself

The answer

BRAG

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRAG answer page.

Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BRAG

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

• Boast - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Crow - used 71 times, most recently in 2024
• Toot one's own horn - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk big - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
• Be boastful - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Vaunt - used 18 times, most recently in 2002
• Blow one's own horn - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Toot one's horn - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Toot your own horn - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Blow one's horn - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Act the blowhard - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Gasconade - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Talk a big game - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Be a blowhard - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Pat oneself on the back - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Bluster - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Indulge in self-praise - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Speak unclearly - SLUR, used 82 times
• "Even ___ speak" - ASWE, used 71 times
• Speak hoarsely - RASP, used 69 times
• Move, in Realtor-speak - RELO, used 62 times
• ___ were (so to speak) - ASIT, used 60 times
• Highly excited - AGOG, used 57 times

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