Challenge authority

The answer

REBEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REBEL answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 4 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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• SASS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for REBEL

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

• Defy authority - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonconformist - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Insurgent - used 37 times, most recently in 2018
• "___ Without a Cause" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Rise up - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Resist authority - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Insurrectionist - used 17 times, most recently in 2011
• Mutineer - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• James Dean persona - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Defiant one - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Fight the power - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• James Dean-type - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Riot - 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.

• Authority - SAYSO, used 149 times
• Final authority - SAYSO, used 89 times
• "Challenge accepted!" - ITSON, used 37 times
• Authority to decide - SAYSO, used 24 times
• Bowler's challenge - SPLIT, used 23 times
• Laundry challenge - STAIN, used 16 times

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