Dress down
The crossword clue "Dress down" is answered by SCOLD, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SCOLD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCOLD answer page.
Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 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.
- REBUKE (3 uses in xd)
- REPROVE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCOLD
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCOLD, most used first.
- Berate - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Chew out - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Reprimand - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Bawl out - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Take to task - used 22 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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Dress style - ALINE, used 93 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
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