Be up against
The crossword clue "Be up against" is answered by ABUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ABUT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABUT answer page.
Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ABUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABUT, most used first.
- Border on - used 472 times, most recently in 2026
- Share a border with - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch on - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Lie next to - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Be adjacent to - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Adjoin - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Be next to - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Neighbor - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch upon - used 40 times, most recently in 2020
- Share a border - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Against - ANTI, used 365 times
- Prefix meaning "against" - ANTI, used 121 times
- Claim against property - LIEN, used 46 times
- Voting against - ANTI, used 39 times
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