Negative contraction

The answer

ARENT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARENT answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 5 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.

• ISNT (10 uses in xd)
• SHANT (4 uses in xd)
• WASNT (4 uses in xd)
• HASNT (3 uses in xd)
• NEEDNT (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARENT

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

• "___ we all?" - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you clever!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• "You __ kidding!" - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Common contraction - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
• Don't exist - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• "Looks ___ everything" - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ You Glad You're You?" - used 31 times, most recently in 2019
• Fail to be - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Do not exist - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you ashamed of yourself?" - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
• "You __ serious?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you the clever one!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• "There ___ enough hours in the day" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you glad?" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ we a pair?" - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Common verbal contraction. - used 13 times, most recently in 1989
• "Well, ___ you special?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Negative verbal contraction. - used 12 times, most recently in 1967
• Isn't for you? - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Well, __ you clever!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ you ready yet?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ you ashamed?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "___ you glad you did?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ you the lucky one!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Negative verbal form. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• "___ We All?": 1929 song - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• "__ you sweet!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Well, ___ you something!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ you forgetting something?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Muscle contraction - SPASM, used 28 times
• Negative particle - ANION, used 27 times
• Involuntary contraction - SPASM, used 17 times
• Involuntary muscle contraction - SPASM, used 15 times
• Quaint contraction - SHANT, used 14 times
• Sudden contraction - SPASM, used 13 times

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