Cold shoulder
The crossword clue "Cold shoulder" is answered by SNUB, a 4-letter entry. Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SNUB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNUB answer page.
Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 13 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.
- SILENTTREATMENT (3 uses in xd)
- SLIGHT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNUB, most used first.
- Rebuff - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Slight - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
- Give the cold shoulder to - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Give the cold shoulder - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Social slight - used 28 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.
- Cold War initials - USSR, used 128 times
- Shoulder muscle, for short - DELT, used 87 times
- Cold one - BEER, used 41 times
- Road shoulder - BERM, used 41 times
- Cold capital - OSLO, used 39 times
- Had down cold - KNEW, used 39 times
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