Shucks!

The answer

PSHAW

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

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 3 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.

• DRAT (51 uses in xd)
• AWGEE (49 uses in xd)
• DARN (38 uses in xd)
• DANG (12 uses in xd)
• HECK (12 uses in xd)

Other clues for PSHAW

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

• "Fiddlesticks!" - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• "Nonsense!" - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• "Balderdash!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hogwash!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• "Baloney!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Poppycock!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Don't give me that!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "Fiddle-faddle!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• "Bah!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "Horsefeathers!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "I don't buy it!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• "Yeah, right!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "As if!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "I don't believe it!" - 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.

• "Shucks!" - AWGEE, used 49 times
• "Oh, shucks!" - AWGEE, used 14 times
• "Well, shucks!" - AWGEE, used 14 times
• "Shucks!" - OHGEE, used 10 times
• "Aw, shucks!" - OHGEE, used 9 times
• "Well, shucks!" - OHGEE, used 7 times

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