Embarrassment
The crossword clue "Embarrassment" is answered by SHAME, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHAME
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAME answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. 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.
- DIEOF (1 uses in xd)
- DISCOMFITURE (1 uses in xd)
- EGGONONESF (1 uses in xd)
- EGGONONESFACE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHAME
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAME, most used first.
- Disgrace - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Ignominy - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Dishonor - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Humiliation - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- "Tsk, tsk!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Humiliate - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Guilty feeling - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- "Naughty you!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- "___ on you!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Embarrass - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Put to __ (outdo) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Show embarrassment - BLUSH, used 11 times
- Cause embarrassment to - ABASH, used 7 times
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