Witty retort
The crossword clue "Witty retort" is answered by ZINGER, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1989. 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
ZINGER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZINGER answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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.
- Playground retort - ARENOT, used 20 times
- Playground retort - ARETOO, used 19 times
- Retort - ANSWER, used 13 times
- Witty remark - BONMOT, used 12 times
- "Am not!" retort - ARETOO, used 11 times
- Playground retort - DOESSO, used 11 times
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