Reply to "Are not!"

The answer

AMSO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AMSO answer page.

Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AMSO

Every other clue in this collection answered by AMSO, most used first.

• Schoolyard retort - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• "Are not!" retort - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Playground retort - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "I ___ sorry!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Retort to "Are not!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "Are not!" rejoinder - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Are not!" response - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Are not!" comeback - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Are not!" reply - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Childish retort - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Schoolyard comeback - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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