Impertinent talk

The answer

SASS

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 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.

• CHEEK (1 uses in xd)
• LIP (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Fresh words - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• Casual talk - CHAT, used 58 times
• Talk wildly - RANT, used 52 times
• Talk up - TOUT, used 50 times
• Informal talk - CHAT, used 45 times
• Talk wildly - RAVE, used 43 times
• Sweet-talk - COAX, used 42 times

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