Criticize harshly
The crossword clue "Criticize harshly" is answered by FLAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1967. 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
FLAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLAY answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FLAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLAY, most used first.
- Celebrity chef Bobby - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Excoriate - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
- Criticize severely - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Scold severely - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- TV chef Bobby - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Criticize harshly - SLAM, used 49 times
- Criticize severely - SLAM, used 24 times
- Criticize - SLAM, used 14 times
- Harshly criticize - SLAM, used 13 times
- Criticize harshly - BASH, used 12 times
- Criticize severely - BASH, used 8 times
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