Pretentious sort
The crossword clue "Pretentious sort" is answered by PSEUD, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. 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
PSEUD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PSEUD answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PSEUD
Every other clue in this collection answered by PSEUD, most used first.
- Prefix meaning "false" - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- False front? - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- False: Prefix - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Pretentious poseur - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- False start? - used 7 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.
- Pretentious - ARTSY, used 96 times
- Solitary sort - LONER, used 82 times
- Gossipy sort - YENTA, used 40 times
- Lazy sort - IDLER, used 20 times
- Selfish sort - TAKER, used 20 times
- Nosy sort - SNOOP, used 16 times
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