False flattery
The crossword clue "False flattery" is answered by SMARM, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SMARM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMARM answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SMARM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMARM, most used first.
- Fawning flattery - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Excessive flattery - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Unctuous flattery - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Insincere flattery - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Gushing flattery - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- False - NOTSO, used 54 times
- False name - ALIAS, used 48 times
- Prove false - BELIE, used 48 times
- False front - GUISE, used 29 times
- False alarm - SCARE, used 24 times
- False gods - IDOLS, used 23 times
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