Open contempt

The answer

SCORN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCORN answer page.

Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Hold in contempt - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• Open-mouthed - AGAPE, used 104 times
• Out in the open - OVERT, used 91 times
• Wide open - AGAPE, used 83 times
• Look of contempt - SNEER, used 78 times
• Open courtyards - ATRIA, used 51 times
• Open, as a bottle - UNCAP, used 38 times

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