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The answer

RANT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RANT answer page.

Used 44 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 4 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.

• HOTAIR (9 uses in xd)
• GAS (7 uses in xd)
• RHETORIC (7 uses in xd)
• BIGTALK (1 uses in xd)
• HEROICS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RANT

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

• Carry on - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Tirade - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Harangue - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk wildly - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• Rave's partner - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Diatribe - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Deliver a tirade - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry speech - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• __ and rave - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Go on a tirade - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Go on and on - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Sound off - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Go ballistic - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Crazy talk - used 24 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.

• ___ avis - RARA, used 650 times
• Costa ___ - RICA, used 436 times
• Depend (on) - RELY, used 417 times
• Harvest - REAP, used 415 times
• Pro ___ - RATA, used 411 times
• Make over - REDO, used 404 times

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