The Clue
Rebuked at length (8 letter answer)
The Answer
LECTURED
Tags
Notes
The answer LECTURED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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What Twain and Cable did in 1884
Definition
LECTURE as a verb:
1. (lecture, talk) = deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
2. (call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast) = censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"