The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EMOTE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2020.
Overact crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EMOTE | 90 % | 5 |
| HAMITUP | 4 % | 7 |
| HAM | 2 % | 3 |
| HAMUP | 2 % | 5 |
| RANT | 1 % | 4 |
| CHEWTHESCENERY | 1 % | 14 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overact
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ham
- overplay
- emote
- exaggerate
- overstate
- overdo
- underplay
- miscast
- sentimentalize
- overdramatize
- overreact
- overpraise
Crossword Answer definitions
EMOTE noun- A virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than a direct message.
- (Twitch-speak) Short for emoticon.
- To display emotions openly, especially while acting.
- To induce an emotion in.
- To perform a virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than sending a direct message.
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 EMOTE
- Act the ham
- Chew the scenery
- Gush
- Ham it up
- Play the ham
- Show feeling
- Perform
- Tenors do it
- Go overboard on stage
- Overact
More clues leading to the result HAMITUP
- Overplay, as a role
- Be overly theatrical
- Chew the scenery
- Hot-dog
- Overact
- Overdo, in a way (and this puzzle's title)
- Act unprofessionally?
- Exaggerate while playing
- Wax melodramatic
- Act badly
More clues leading to the result HAM
- Actor, sometimes
- Hormel canned it in 1926
- Scenery chewer
- Abominable showman
- Ark passenger
- Bad actor
- Green eggs accompaniment
- Diva, perhaps
- One playing things up?
- Photobomber, often
More clues leading to the result HAMUP
- Overact
- Make corny, as a joke
- Mug for the camera
- Overplay, as a role
- Overplay
- Badly overact
- Play too broadly
- Exaggerate on stage
- Ruin, as a scene
- Overplay on stage
More clues leading to the result RANT
- Get hot under the collar
- Give a fire-and-brimstone sermon
- Rave
- Rave's partner
- Carry on
- Companion of rave
- Speak wildly
- Long lecture
- Babble on
- Deliver a diatribe