The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARENOT , but the solution may also be AM NOT! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Childish retort crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARENOT | 20 % | 6 |
| ARESO | 12 % | 5 |
| AMTOO | 10 % | 5 |
| ISTOO | 7 % | 5 |
| CANSO | 7 % | 5 |
| AMSO | 7 % | 4 |
| AMNOT | 5 % | 5 |
| DIDSO | 5 % | 5 |
| ARETOO | 5 % | 6 |
| DOESTOO | 5 % | 7 |
| ISSO | 5 % | 4 |
| AM SO! | 2 % | 6 |
| IDOSO | 2 % | 5 |
| AM NOT! | 2 % | 7 |
| IAMSO | 2 % | 5 |
| ARE SO! | 2 % | 7 |
Why may AM-NOT be the right solution?
The answer "AM NOT!" is a common childish retort because it is a simple and emphatic way for a child to deny something or refute a statement. It is a short and direct response that fits the clue perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Childish retort
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- comeback
- rejoinder
- repartee
- retort
- knack
- plead
- angle
- inquisitive
- argument
- tell all
- pose
- disclosure
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 ARENOT
- "We __ amused"
- Kid's comeback
- "We ___ amused"
- Retort to "Am too!"
- Playground retort
- Playground comeback
- "Am too!" rejoinder
- Childish denial
- "Am too!" retort
- Childish retort
More clues leading to the result ARESO
- "Am not" rejoinder
- Retort to "Ain't!"
- "You ___ not as cool as you think"
- "You ___ Beautiful"
- Playground retort
- "You __ Beautiful"
- "You __ lucky!" (sore loser's remark)
- Joe Cocker's "You ___ Beautiful"
- Retort to "Am not!"
- Comeback to "Am not!"
More clues leading to the result AMTOO
- "Are not!" rejoinder
- "Are not" retort
- Unthinking comeback
- Kickball field comeback
- Playground retort
- Playground rejoinder
- Retort to "Are not!"
- "Are not!" response
- Bit of playground back-and-forth
- Childish retort to "Are not!"
More clues leading to the result ISTOO
- "The rent ___ damn high!"
- "This ___ much!"
- "How much ___ much?"
- Infantile comeback
- Recess line
- Recess rejoinder
- Schoolyard retort
- Rejoinder to "Ain't!"
- Childish comeback
- Playground rejoinder
More clues leading to the result CANSO
- Childish retort
- Rug rat's retort
- Rug rat retort
- Playground retort
- Childlike retort
- Nova Scotia cape
- Response to a playground challenge
- Response to a dare
- Kid's comeback
- Childish comeback
More clues leading to the result AMSO
- Schoolyard retort
- "Aren't!" comeback
- Reply to "Are not!"
- "Are not!" rejoinder
- Playground comeback
- Playground retort to "Are not!"
- "Aren't!" rejoinder
- Childish retort
- "I ___ frustrated right now!"
- "I ___ jealous"
More clues leading to the result AMNOT
- "You take that back!"
- Reply to a recess insult
- Snotty comeback
- "I __ an animal!" (John Merrick)
- "I ___ a crook"
- Denial without a subject?
- Playground comeback
- Playground retort
- Response to "Are too!"
- Response to "Are so!"
More clues leading to the result DIDSO
- Arguer's retort
- Playground retort
- Playground comeback
- Reply to a childish taunt
- Schoolyard retort
- Mouthy retort
- Kid's retort
- Childish retort
- Child's reply to a taunt
- Kid's reply to a taunt
More clues leading to the result ARETOO
- Stubborn comeback
- Playground rejoinder
- Playground retort
- Playground response
- "Am not!" retort
- Childish retort
- Playground comeback
- Schoolyard comeback
- Schoolyard retort
- Response to "Am not!"
More clues leading to the result DOESTOO
- Playground retort
- Childish retort
- Argumentative cry
- Reply in a playground argument
- Half a playground argument
- Schoolyard retort
More clues leading to the result ISSO
- "... __ rare as a day in June?"
- "What ___ funny?"
- "This __ sudden!"
- "And what ___ rare..."
- "And what __ rare..."
- "And what __ rare as..."
- "This __ unfair!"
- "That __ last week!"
- "This ___ sudden!"
- Playground rejoinder
More clues leading to the result AM SO!
More clues leading to the result IDOSO
- Playground rebuttal
- "___ swear" (affirmation of a deposition)
- Emphatic assertion
- Defiant retort
- Childish retort
- Defiant response
- Indignant reply
- Kid's comeback
- Insistent retort
- Playground retort
More clues leading to the result AM NOT!
More clues leading to the result IAMSO
- Reply to "You are not!"
- Retort to "You are not!"
- "You are not!" comeback
- "You are not!" reply
- Kid's proud retort
- "No you're not!" retort
- "You are not" rebuttal
- Retort to a disbeliever
- Playground retort
- Child's retort