Fresh words

The answer

SASS

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SASS

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

• Back talk - used 334 times, most recently in 2026
• Lip - used 266 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk back to - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Backtalk - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Impudence - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Talk back - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Fresh talk - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Impertinence - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheek - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Pert talk - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouth off to - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Bratty talk - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Get smart with - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Give lip to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Freshness - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Impudent talk - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Get fresh with - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Smart talk - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Attitude - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheeky talk - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Mouth off - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Be impudent - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Get lippy - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Insolence - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Wise off to - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Pertness - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Cheekiness - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Guff - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk trash to - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Disrespectful talk - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Get cheeky with - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Get snippy with - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Mouth - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Pert blurt - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• 'Tude - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Give lip - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Impudent back talk - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Verbal feistiness - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Answer with an attitude - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Be rude to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Disrespect verbally - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Fresh quality - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Get smart - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Get wise with - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Impertinent talk - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Stewed fruit: Dial. - used 9 times, most recently in 1964
• Verbal impudence - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Answer with attitude - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Bratty backtalk - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cheek or lip - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sauciness - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Bratty retort - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Disrespect - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Insolent talk - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lip or cheek - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Reason for a parental reprimand - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Talk fresh to - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Words of disrespect - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Be bratty - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Brat's rebuttal - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Give guff to - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Give some lip to - 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.

• Words of understanding - ISEE, used 227 times
• ___ many words - INSO, used 153 times
• Analogy words - ISTO, used 134 times
• Fresh - ANEW, used 113 times
• Not __ many words - INSO, used 86 times
• Treater's words - ONME, used 85 times

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