Speak derisively
The crossword clue "Speak derisively" is answered by SCOFF, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCOFF
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCOFF answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCOFF
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCOFF, most used first.
- Jeer - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Mock - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Express contempt - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Deride - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
- Sneer (at) - 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.
- Speak - UTTER, used 80 times
- Speak one's mind - OPINE, used 54 times
- Speak pompously - ORATE, used 40 times
- Speak off the cuff - ADLIB, used 38 times
- Speak formally - ORATE, used 25 times
- Speak - ORATE, used 23 times
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