Act theatrically

The answer

EMOTE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMOTE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EMOTE

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

• Ham it up - used 281 times, most recently in 2026
• Overact - used 206 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew the scenery - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Overdo it on stage - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Be theatrical - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Behave theatrically - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Act the ham - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Shed crocodile tears - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Gush - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Play the ham - used 20 times, most recently in 2013
• Overplay a part - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Ham it up on stage - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Overplay - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Wax theatrical - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Be a ham - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Feign feelings - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Show feeling - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Act badly? - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Overdo it onstage - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Be melodramatic - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Act poorly? - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Be a drama queen - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Overact: Colloq. - used 11 times, most recently in 1968
• Overplay a role - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Theatricalize - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Act melodramatically - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Get melodramatic - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Act, in a way. - used 9 times, most recently in 1990
• Show feelings - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Show one's feelings - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Go overboard on stage - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Indulge in cabotinage - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
• Overplay a scene - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Play to the back row - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Play to the balcony - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Act amateurishly - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Act with passion - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Be overdramatic - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Engage in histrionics - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Get carried away in Hollywood - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Gush on stage - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Overdo it, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Act unprofessionally? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Act up a storm - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Overdramatize - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Play to the cheap seats - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Play to the rafters - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Turn on the dramatics - 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.

• Part of an act - SCENE, used 76 times
• Act part - SCENE, used 31 times
• Publicity act - STUNT, used 21 times
• Act the coquette - FLIRT, used 16 times
• Act division - SCENE, used 15 times
• Act introducer - EMCEE, used 13 times

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