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The answer

RANTS

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

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RANTS

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

• Carries on - used 60 times, most recently in 2023
• Tirades - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Talks wildly - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Diatribes - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Harangues - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry speeches - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Goes on a tirade - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Delivers a tirade - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Philippics - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Mouths off - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Sounds off - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Blows off steam - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes a scene - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Goes ballistic - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Goes off - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Throws a fit - used 6 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.

• Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
• On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
• Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
• "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
• Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
• Oohed and __ - AAHED, used 77 times

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