Declare false
The crossword clue "Declare false" is answered by DENY, a 4-letter entry. Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DENY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DENY answer page.
Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 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.
- GAINSAY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DENY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DENY, most used first.
- Declare untrue - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
- Say it isn't so - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Gainsay - used 105 times, most recently in 2025
- Refuse to admit - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Say it ain't so - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Refute - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Disavow - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Withhold - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Reject as false - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Refuse to grant - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Naysay - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Declare openly - AVOW, used 117 times
- Declare positively - AVER, used 44 times
- False witness - LIAR, used 41 times
- Not false - TRUE, used 29 times
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