Scold mildly
The crossword clue "Scold mildly" is answered by CHIDE, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHIDE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHIDE answer page.
Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CHIDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHIDE, most used first.
- Scold - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Reprimand - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Admonish - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Reprove - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
- Rebuke - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Reproach - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Say "Tsk!" to - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Berate - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Dress down - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Reprimand mildly - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Take to task - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- ___ down (scold) - DRESS, used 7 times
- Scold, with "down" - DRESS, used 6 times
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