Word of exception
The crossword clue "Word of exception" is answered by BUT, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 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 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Nevertheless - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Except for - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- On the contrary - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- 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.
- Society page word - NEE, used 182 times
- "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
- Itinerary word - VIA, used 119 times
- Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
- Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
- Towel word - HIS, used 85 times
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