The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word BUT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Conjunction that’s the “B” in the FANBOYS mnemonic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
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BUT | 100 % | 3 |
Why may BUT be the right solution?
The answer is "BUT" because it is one of the seven coordinating conjunctions commonly used in English. It is also represented by the letter "B" in the FANBOYS mnemonic, which stands for "For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Conjunction that’s the “B” in the FANBOYS mnemonic
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Crossword Answer definitions
BUT noun- An instance or example of using the word "but".
- The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
- A limit; a boundary.
- The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
- Use the word "but".
- Merely, only, just.
- Though, however.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Apart from, except (for), excluding.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
- On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
- However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
- Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
- Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
- Except with; unless with; without.
- Only; solely; merely.
- Until.
- (following a negated expression of improbability) That.
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