Self-righteous
The crossword clue "Self-righteous" is answered by SMUG, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SMUG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMUG answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 7 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.
- HOLIERTHANTHOU (3 uses in xd)
- GOODYGOODY (2 uses in xd)
- PHARISAIC (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SMUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMUG, most used first.
- Self-satisfied - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
- Complacent - used 75 times, most recently in 2016
- Overconfident - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoyingly self-satisfied - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Full of oneself - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Self-congratulatory - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Pleased with oneself - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Highly self-satisfied - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Too confident - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Holier-than-thou - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Overly confident - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Cocksure - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Puffed up - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Like a stuffed shirt - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Conceited - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Much too confident - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Too sure of oneself - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Quite pleased with oneself - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Self-important - used 6 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.
- Self-images - EGOS, used 102 times
- Self-referential - META, used 98 times
- Self starter? - AUTO, used 38 times
- Self-absorbed - VAIN, used 25 times
- Spirited self-assurance - ELAN, used 22 times
- "___ to self ..." - NOTE, used 20 times
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