Talk nonsense
The crossword clue "Talk nonsense" is answered by PRATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PRATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PRATE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 5 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.
- JABBER (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for PRATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PRATE, most used first.
- Babble - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- Chatter - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Chatter idly - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Jabber - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Talk foolishly - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Ramble on - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk idly - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Babble on and on - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Babble on - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Go on and on - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Rattle on - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Blather - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Chatter foolishly - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Foolish talk - 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.
- Nonsense - TRIPE, used 65 times
- "Nonsense!" - PSHAW, used 55 times
- "You're ___ talk!" - ONETO, used 55 times
- Street talk - SLANG, used 54 times
- Nonsense - HOOEY, used 46 times
- Talk big - BOAST, used 31 times
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