"Am not!" response

The answer

ARESO

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

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 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.

• ARETOO (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARESO

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

• "Am not!" retort - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ Beautiful" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Playground retort - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ right!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Response to "Am not!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Am not!" comeback - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Joe Cocker's "You ___ Beautiful" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "Am not!" rejoinder - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• "Am not!" reply - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Childish comeback - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Childish retort - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ Beautiful" (Joe Cocker hit) - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Am not!" rebuttal - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "You __ busted!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Playground comeback - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Juvenile rebuttal - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Retort to "Am not!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Childish rebuttal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Reply to "Am not!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Retort to "Ain't!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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 quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
• Not together - APART, used 116 times
• Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
• Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
• Not suitable - INAPT, used 65 times

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