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 |
| CHASTISE | 5 % | 8 |
| RAILAT | 5 % | 6 |
| FLAY | 3 % | 4 |
| TEARINTO | 3 % | 8 |
| UPBRAID | 3 % | 7 |
| RAILON | 2 % | 6 |
| REPROACH | 1 % | 8 |
| RIP | 1 % | 3 |
| BAWL | 1 % | 4 |
| TEEOFFON | 1 % | 8 |
| LAMBASTE | 1 % | 8 |
| TELLOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| YELL AT | 1 % | 7 |
| RIPINTO | 1 % | 7 |
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 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 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 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 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