Put to __ (outdo)
The crossword clue "Put to __ (outdo)" is answered by SHAME, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SHAME
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAME answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Embarrassment - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Put in office - ELECT, used 120 times
- Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
- Put into law - ENACT, used 97 times
- Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
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