Rudely sarcastic
The crossword clue "Rudely sarcastic" is answered by SNIDE, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SNIDE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIDE answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 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.
- SNARKY (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNIDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNIDE, most used first.
- Nasty - used 38 times, most recently in 2020
- Disparaging - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Sarcastic - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Derogatory - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Slyly sarcastic - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Insinuating - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
- Derisive - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Snarky - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Said with a sneer - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Nasty, as a remark - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Catty - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tricky: Slang. - used 13 times, most recently in 1968
- Like some remarks - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Slyly derisive - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Cutting - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Maliciously derogatory - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Kind of remark - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Mean-spirited - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Slyly disparaging - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Catty, as a remark - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Like a catty remark - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Nasty, as remarks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sly and nasty - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Slyly malicious - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Push rudely - SHOVE, used 28 times
- Awaken rudely - ROUST, used 18 times
- Rudely awaken - ROUST, used 14 times
- Reject rudely - SPURN, used 11 times
- Nudge rudely - ELBOW, used 10 times
- Sarcastic taunts - GIBES, used 8 times
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