Counter an argument
The crossword clue "Counter an argument" is answered by REBUT, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REBUT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REBUT answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REBUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by REBUT, most used first.
- Contradict - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
- Disprove - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Argue against - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Counter - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Counter, as an argument - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Counter in a debate - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Show to be false - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Confute - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Explain away - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Try to disprove - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Brief argument - SETTO, used 25 times
- Kitchen counter? - TIMER, used 21 times
- Heated argument - SETTO, used 18 times
- Argument - SETTO, used 14 times
- Argument - RUNIN, used 14 times
- Deli counter sight - SCALE, used 10 times
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