Make fun of

The answer

TEASE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEASE answer page.

Used 161 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 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.

• MOCK (44 uses in xd)
• JAPE (23 uses in xd)
• RAZZ (20 uses in xd)
• APE (19 uses in xd)
• RAGON (15 uses in xd)

Other clues for TEASE

Every other clue in this collection answered by TEASE, most used first.

• Poke fun at - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
• Rib - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Razz - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Needle - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Taunt - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Kid around with - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Josh - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Kid - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
• Pester - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Coquette - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
• Pick on - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Tantalize - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Badger - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
• Mock - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
• Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
• Make blank - ERASE, used 197 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
• Make happy - ELATE, used 133 times

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