Contrary votes
The crossword clue "Contrary votes" is answered by NAYS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAYS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAYS answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NAYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAYS, most used first.
- Votes against - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Negative votes - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Thumbs-down votes - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Dissenting votes - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- No votes - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Certain votes. - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Those opposed - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Some votes - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Opposing votes - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Refusals - used 14 times, most recently in 2005
- Unfavorable votes - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Negatives. - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Anti votes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Roll-call count - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Affirmative votes - YEAS, used 89 times
- Affirmative votes - AYES, used 78 times
- Pro votes - AYES, used 76 times
- Pro votes - YEAS, used 67 times
- Votes for - YEAS, used 42 times
- Votes for - AYES, used 38 times
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