Hold in contempt
The crossword clue "Hold in contempt" is answered by SCORN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCORN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCORN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SCORN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCORN, most used first.
- Disdain - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Contempt - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Treat with contempt - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Derision - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Look down on - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Contumely - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Open contempt - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Show disdain for - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Utter disdain - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Pooh-pooh - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Contemn - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- Despise. - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Ridicule - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Treat with disdain - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Mock - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
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.
- Look of contempt - SNEER, used 78 times
- Hold forth - ORATE, used 70 times
- Hold responsible - BLAME, used 64 times
- "We hold ___ truths ..." - THESE, used 42 times
- Hold up - DELAY, used 36 times
- Take hold - SETIN, used 32 times
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