Mild oath

The answer

DRAT

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

Used 79 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 12 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.

• EGAD (99 uses in xd)
• HECK (22 uses in xd)
• GOSH (17 uses in xd)
• DARN (16 uses in xd)
• DANG (12 uses in xd)

Other clues for DRAT

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

• "Phooey!" - used 213 times, most recently in 2026
• "Darn it!" - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Mild expletive - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• "Doggone it!" - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shucks!" - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• "Curses!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fiddlesticks!" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shoot!" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Darn!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dang!" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Confound it!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
• "Dagnabbit!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• "Nuts!" - used 23 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.

• Old oath - EGAD, used 105 times
• Mild oath - EGAD, used 99 times
• Mild cheese - EDAM, used 56 times
• Old-time oath - EGAD, used 48 times
• Mild expletive - EGAD, used 41 times
• Mild Dutch cheese - EDAM, used 35 times

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