Nevertheless
The crossword clue "Nevertheless" is answered by BUT, a 3-letter entry. Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BUT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUT answer page.
Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUT, most used first.
- However - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
- Except - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- On the other hand - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Save - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Except for - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- On the contrary - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Word of exception - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Conjunction. - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
- Objector's word - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Word of protest - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Close, ___ no cigar" - 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.
- Nevertheless - YET, used 148 times
- Nevertheless, briefly - THO, used 22 times
- "Nevertheless, ___ persisted" - SHE, used 21 times
- Nevertheless, informally - THO, used 13 times
- Nevertheless, for short - THO, used 12 times
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