The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCOLD , but the solution may also be RIP which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Chew out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCOLD | 27 % | 5 |
| REAM | 17 % | 4 |
| BERATE | 11 % | 6 |
| REBUKE | 8 % | 6 |
| YELLAT | 6 % | 6 |
| RAILAT | 5 % | 6 |
| CHASTISE | 5 % | 8 |
| FLAY | 3 % | 4 |
| TEARINTO | 3 % | 8 |
| UPBRAID | 3 % | 7 |
| RAILON | 2 % | 6 |
| LAMBASTE | 1 % | 8 |
| TELLOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| YELL AT | 1 % | 7 |
| RIPINTO | 1 % | 7 |
| REPROACH | 1 % | 8 |
| RIP | 1 % | 3 |
| BAWL | 1 % | 4 |
| TEEOFFON | 1 % | 8 |
Why may RIP be the right solution?
The term "rip" can mean to criticize or scold someone harshly, which is synonymous with "chew out."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Chew out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- berate
- lambaste
- dress down
- chide
- reprimand
- rebuke
- reproof
- have words
- remonstrate
- bawl out
- rag
- scold
Crossword Answer definitions
SCOLD verb- To burn with hot liquid.
- To heat almost to boiling.
- A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- To rebuke angrily.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SCOLD
- Dress down
- Give a talking-to to
- Read the riot act to
- Give somebody the business
- Rake over the coals
- Give a tongue-lashing
- Virago
- Chide
- Wag an index at
- Upbraid
More clues leading to the result REAM
- Enlarge, as a hole
- Paper measure
- Paper quantity
- Laser paper measure
- Scold, slangily, with "out"
- 480, 500, or 516
- Do a boring job
- Twenty quires
- Do a boring job?
- Staples paper, e.g.
More clues leading to the result BERATE
- Take to task
- Tear into
- Scold
- Chew out
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Dress down
- Tell off big-time
- Assail verbally
- Put down
- Chide
More clues leading to the result REBUKE
More clues leading to the result YELLAT
- Reprimand loudly
- Shout towards
- Vituperate
- Rip a new one
- Scold bigtime
- Berate loudly
- Reprimand
- Abuse verbally
- Attack vocally
- Dress down loudly, e.g.
More clues leading to the result RAILAT
- Give the business
- Target with invective
- Tear a new one
- Berate
- Lambaste
- Criticize harshly
- Chew out
- Inveigh against
- Take to task
- Bawl out
More clues leading to the result CHASTISE
- Criticize sharply
- Discipline
- Punish
- Criticize severely
- Chew out
- Censure
- Let have it
- Dress down
- Castigate.
- Apply the paddle
More clues leading to the result FLAY
- TV chef Bobby
- Peel off, as skin
- Whip
- Chew out
- Scold severely
- Celebrity chef Bobby
- Celebrity chef Bobby of "Boy Meets Grill"
- Horsewhip
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Scold scathingly
More clues leading to the result TEARINTO
- Attack
- Attack unrestrainedly
- Attack violently
- Make a vigorous start
- Verbally assault
- Scold harshly
- Impulsively attack
- Rip verbally
- Attack verbally
- Have at
More clues leading to the result UPBRAID
- Scold severely
- Scold
- Censure
- Criticize severely
- Lambaste
- Reprove sharply.
- Reprimand
- Read the riot act to
- Tongue-lash
- Chew out
More clues leading to the result RAILON
- Criticize harshly
- Chew out
- Rant about
- Criticize harshly and repeatedly
- Vehemently criticize
- Criticize intensely
More clues leading to the result LAMBASTE
More clues leading to the result TELLOFF
More clues leading to the result YELL AT
More clues leading to the result RIPINTO
- Criticize without mercy
- Go at hard
- Lambaste
- Attack
- Assail
- Attack verbally
- Chew out
- Castigate
- Criticize harshly
- Start tearing
More clues leading to the result REPROACH
More clues leading to the result RIP
- Lacerate
- __-roaring
- Come apart
- Cut apart
- En-graved letters?
- __ off (steal)
- Run in a stocking, e.g.
- Final sentiment, initially
- Torn from Texas
- ___-roaring start?
More clues leading to the result BAWL
- Cry
- Wail
- Weep loudly
- Be like a baby
- Make a lot of tears
- React to the end of "Titanic," if you're me
- Get audibly upset
- Weep and wail
- Blubber
- Turn on the waterworks