Schoolyard comeback

The answer

AMSO

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ISNOT (6 uses in xd)
• ARENOT (3 uses in xd)
• ARESO (3 uses in xd)
• ARETOO (2 uses in xd)
• CANSO (2 uses in xd)

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
• Reply to "Are not!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• 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

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.

• Canyon comeback - ECHO, used 63 times
• Comeback - ECHO, used 17 times
• Childish comeback - ISSO, used 9 times
• Playground comeback - ISSO, used 9 times
• Quick comeback? - ECHO, used 8 times
• Vocal comeback - ECHO, used 8 times

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