Clues for the word "CHAFF"
We've had 61 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 120 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 25, 2026.
Definition of chaff
- n. - The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
- n. - Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
- n. - Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
- n. - Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
- n. - The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
- v. i. - To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
- v. t. - To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Referring Clues
- Refuse
- Tease playfully
- Tease good-naturedly
- Leftovers from threshing
- Grain refuse
- It's separated from wheat
- Threshing refuse
- Grain husk
- Grain husks separated in threshing
- Threshing throwaway
- Grain husks
- Wheat waste
- Threshing debris
- Worthless matter
- Threshing byproduct
- Threshing debris
- Tease goodnaturedly
- Separate the wheat from the ___
- Jesting talk
- Corn husks
- Threshing leftovers
- Harvest leavings
- Grain-harvest debris
- Banter
- Worthless husks
- Refuse drink, very strong
- Worthless material (from corn)
- Light banter - husks from corn
- In each affair, there's badinage
- Husks - jokes
- Husky humour?
- Corn husks - worthless stuff
- After tea, a couple of fellows banter
- Rag? Worthless stuff!
- Tease husks from seeds
- Refuse to banter
- Kid's rubbish
- Refuse to tease
- Husks of corn
- Refuse from threshing
- Tease husband in greasy spoon
- Tease husband inside snack bar
- Rubbish banter
- Make fun of rubbish
- It's not wheat
- Grain husks or horse fodder
- Cut an inch off a bird's tail for fun
- Thresher refuse
- Threshing waste
- Just kidding - refuse
- Threshing remains
- Wheat is separated from it
- Banter easily wafted away
- Badinage
- Source of livestock feed
- Teasing of a flier at some length?
- Finely cut straw used to feed cattle
- Wheat discard
- You wouldn't seriously call it wheat
- Husky humour?
- Take an inch off a bird's tail for fun
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 25, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 12, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 07, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 03, 2024
- Daily American - November 23, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 19, 2024
- LA Times - September 15, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 16, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 19, 2024
- New York Times - June 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 17, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 04, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 20, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - December 18, 2023
- Daily Quick - November 11, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 27, 2023
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