Perform in a play

The answer

ACT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACT answer page.

Used 52 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACT

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

• Do something - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
• Play part - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Play division - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Take steps - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Performance - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Behave - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Pretense - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a role - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Play a part - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Drama division - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a play - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Deed - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
• Make a scene? - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform on stage - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Tread the boards - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Statute - used 41 times, most recently in 2018
• Pretend - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Play segment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Charade - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Put-on - used 30 times, most recently in 2017
• Don't just sit there - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a move - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Step into character - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Do one's part? - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Be in a cast - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ your age!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Take measures - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Routine - used 21 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.

• Capek play - RUR, used 134 times
• Play on words - PUN, used 124 times
• Play about Capote - TRU, used 111 times
• Bring into play - USE, used 61 times
• Play for a sap - USE, used 47 times
• Didn't play - SAT, used 38 times

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