"You ___ be serious!"

The answer

CANT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CANT answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CANT

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

• Jargon - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Is unable to - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Quitter's word - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Isn't able to - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Argot - used 22 times, most recently in 2006
• Tilt - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Insincere talk - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• Defeatist's word - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Pessimist's word - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Is unable - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Slope - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Beveled edge. - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Lean - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Hypocrisy - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
• Bevel - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "Got other plans, sorry" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Lingo - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "I ___ even" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Inclination - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Incline - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Lacks the ability to - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Lacks the power to - 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.

• "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
• "You said it!" - AMEN, used 257 times
• "Would ___ to you?" - ILIE, used 135 times
• "Are you ___ out?" - INOR, used 102 times
• "You can say that again!" - AMEN, used 93 times
• "You wish!" - ASIF, used 73 times

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