On the contrary
The crossword clue "On the contrary" is answered by BUT, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 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 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 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.
- FARFROMIT (2 uses in xd)
- BUTNO (1 uses in xd)
- IDISAGREE (1 uses in xd)
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
- Nevertheless - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Except for - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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