Prude

The answer

PRIG

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1980. 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.

• BLUENOSE (8 uses in xd)
• GOODYGOODY (1 uses in xd)
• NICENELLY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PRIG

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

• Bluenose - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Stuffed shirt - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Goody two-shoes - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Goody-goody - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Prudish person - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Fussy sort - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Overly proper one - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Prudish one - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Puritan - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Self-righteous sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Punctilious one - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Snobbish highbrow - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
• "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
• Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
• Equal - PEER, used 256 times
• Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times

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