The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NOTSO , but the solution may also be BUT NO! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
"Au contraire!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOTSO | 77 % | 5 |
| NOT | 5 % | 3 |
| BUTNO | 5 % | 5 |
| JUSTTHEOPPOSITE | 3 % | 15 |
| MAISNON | 3 % | 7 |
| NOTTRUE | 3 % | 7 |
| BUT NO! | 3 % | 7 |
| RATHER | 3 % | 6 |
Why may BUT-NO be the right solution?
"BUT NO!" is the right solution because it is an informal way to contradict or disagree with someone, which is the meaning of "Au contraire!" in French.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Au contraire!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- per contra
- contrariwise
- contrary
- contra
- rather
- contrariously
- contrapuntally
- contrariantly
- contrarianly
- contrarily
- contradictorily
- contrastedly
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NOTSO
More clues leading to the result NOT
- "Just Kidding," in Wayne's World
- "Wayne's World" catchword
- Wayne's word
- "Uh-uh!"
- "__ a chance!"
- "__ to worry"
- "___ now!"
- Just kidding!
- "Do ___ disturb"
- "Just kidding!"
More clues leading to the result BUTNO
- Follow-up to "You'd think so"
- "You'd think so, wouldn't you?" follower
- Words expressing a sad, surprising turn of events
- Segue to a surprise story ending
- Thanks/thanks link
- Thanks-thanks connector
- "Alas, it wasn't to be!"
- "Close, ___ cigar"
- Belushi catch phrase
- John Belushi catchphrase
More clues leading to the result JUSTTHEOPPOSITE
- "Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's ___": John Kenneth Galbraith
- "Au contraire"
- "You couldn't be more wrong!"
- "You couldn't have it more wrong!"
More clues leading to the result MAISNON
More clues leading to the result NOTTRUE
- "Think again!!"
- "Unh-uh!"
- "Hardly!"
- "You're mistaken"
- "Lies!"
- Denier's shout
- Malarkey
- "You're lying!"
- "Au contraire!"
- "Nuh-uh!"