Prove to be false
The crossword clue "Prove to be false" is answered by BELIE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BELIE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BELIE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BELIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BELIE, most used first.
- Contradict - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
- Misrepresent - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Prove false - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Show to be false - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Give a false impression of - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Prove untrue - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Picture falsely - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Refute - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Be in contradiction with - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Disprove - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Prove otherwise - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- False - NOTSO, used 54 times
- False name - ALIAS, used 48 times
- False front - GUISE, used 29 times
- False alarm - SCARE, used 24 times
- Prove useful - AVAIL, used 24 times
- False gods - IDOLS, used 23 times
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