The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NOSIR , but the solution may also be I AM NOT! which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Emphatic denial crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
NOSIR | 14 % | 5 |
ISAIDNO | 11 % | 7 |
NONO | 9 % | 4 |
ITSALIE | 6 % | 7 |
NEVER | 6 % | 5 |
HELLNO | 5 % | 6 |
THATSALIE | 5 % | 9 |
OHNO | 5 % | 4 |
NEVEREVER | 3 % | 9 |
NOSIREE | 3 % | 7 |
LIES | 3 % | 4 |
NONONO | 3 % | 6 |
LIAR | 3 % | 4 |
IDONOT | 3 % | 6 |
HECKNO | 2 % | 6 |
ITISNOT | 2 % | 7 |
IAMNOT | 2 % | 6 |
I DID NOT! | 2 % | 10 |
NONEVER | 2 % | 7 |
LIARLIAR | 2 % | 8 |
NOWAY | 2 % | 5 |
I AM NOT! | 2 % | 9 |
NOTME | 2 % | 5 |
IDIDNOT | 2 % | 7 |
IAMSO | 2 % | 5 |
INDEEDNOT | 2 % | 9 |
I SAID NO! | 2 % | 10 |
Why may I-DID-NOT be the right solution?
The answer "I DID NOT!" is the right solution because it is an emphatic denial. It is a strong and clear response that refutes the accusation or statement being made.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Emphatic denial
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- categorical denial
- unqualified denial
- vehement denial
- never
- liar
- nay
- state
- veto
- damn
- devil
- insist
- insisting
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 NOSIR
- Emphatic turndown
- "Uh-uh!"
- Respectful refusal
- Polite refusal
- Recruit's response
- General reply
- Plebe's answer
- Grunt's denial
- Emphatic denial
- Private remark?
More clues leading to the result ISAIDNO
- "Don't even think about it!"
- Reiterated denial
- Reply to "Aww, Mom, ple-e-ease?"
- Emphatic denial
- Parent's ultimatum
- Emphatic turndown
- "Quit asking me!"
- Common parental reiteration
- Stern parent's reply
- Reply to a pushy person
More clues leading to the result NONO
- Dessert, to a weight-watcher
- Faux pas
- Forbidden item
- Taboo
- Forbidden thing
- It's a forbidden
- Toddler's taboo
- Admonition to Nanette
- Prohibition
- Proscription
More clues leading to the result ITSALIE
- "Bullshit!"
- "Don't believe a word!"
- "Not so!"
- Courtroom drama outburst
- "I've been framed!"
- "Don't believe that!"
- Dramatic courtroom accusation
- Defendant's defense
- "There's no truth to that accusation!"
- "No way that's true!"
More clues leading to the result NEVER
- "When pigs fly!"
- A thousand times no!
- Cry of defiance
- "Absofuckinglutely not"
- "Like THAT's going to happen!"
- Defiant cry
- At no time
- "When pigs fly"
- Under no circumstances
- "In your dreams!"
More clues leading to the result HELLNO
- "___, we won't go!"
- Strong refusal
- "__, we won't go!": '60s antiwar chant
- Emphatic denial
- "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
- "Absolutely not!"
- "Not in a million years!"
- "Not a chance!"
- "When pigs fly!"
- Adamant refusal
More clues leading to the result THATSALIE
- "Not true!"
- Accusation of prevarication
- Courtroom outburst
- "You're not telling the truth!"
- "It's not true!"
- Emphatic denial
- Trial outburst
- "Not so!"
- "False!"
- "Untrue!"
More clues leading to the result OHNO
- "This can't be!"
- Follows an accident
- Words of dismay
- "Sakes alive!"
- "Say it ain't so!"
- Rats!
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Dammit all!"
- Speed skating gold medalist
- "Can't be..."
More clues leading to the result NEVEREVER
More clues leading to the result NOSIREE
- Refusal to Bob?
- "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
- "Fuhgetaboutit"
- "Unh-unh"
- "Unh-unh!"
- "Fat chance!"
- "Ain't gonna happen"
- "Don't think so!"
- Emphatic negative: Var.
- Emphatic refusal
More clues leading to the result LIES
- Bull-artist's repertoire
- Is situated
- Perjures
- Reclines
- Taradiddles
- "True ___" with Arnold
- Fabrications
- What today's puzzle is full of, in certain spots
- "True ___" (Schwarzenegger film)
- Perjures oneself
More clues leading to the result NONONO
- 1998 Destiny's Child hit
- Redundant denial
- "You're badly mistaken"
- Words of refusal
- Emphatic turndown
- Early hit for Destiny's Child
- Amy Winehouse's reaction to rehab, in the song
- "Ain't gonna happen!"
- Emphatic refusal, and words that precede the ends of 20-, 35- and 52-Across in a restaurant warning
- Emphatic rebuke
More clues leading to the result LIAR
- Bald-faced one, perhaps
- Fabricator
- Fabulist
- Fact-fudger
- Fibber
- Half a Jim Carrey movie title
- Polygraph flunker
- Prevaricator
- Pseudologist
- Tall tale teller
More clues leading to the result IDONOT
- Shocking words at a wedding?
- Absolute denial
- Stern denial
- Words of denial
- "__ choose to run"
- Unexpected words at a wedding
- Runaway bride's words?
- Emphatic denial
- Phrase of denial
- "___choose to run...": Coolidge
More clues leading to the result HECKNO
More clues leading to the result ITISNOT
More clues leading to the result IAMNOT
- Thin defense against the charge that "you're a nerd!"
- "___ a crook!"
- "You are, too!" preceder
- Response to "You are so"
- Answer to an accusation, maybe
- "You are so!" response
- Definitive disclaimer
- Retort to "You are too!"
- Lead-in for a crook?
- Emphatic denial
More clues leading to the result I DID NOT!
More clues leading to the result NONEVER
- "Ain't happening, and that's final!"
- Emphatic refusal
- "Ain't gonna happen"
- "Pinafore" refrain
- Emphatic rejection
- Emphatic denial
- Very emphatic refusal
- Insistent denial
More clues leading to the result LIARLIAR
- Carrey comedy of 1997
- 1997 Jim Carrey film
- 1997 Jim Carrey flick
- Jim Carrey comedy of 1997
- 1997 Jim Carrey movie
- Jim Carrey film
- Jim Carrey film with the ironic tagline "Trust Me"
- 1997 film with the tagline "Coming soon. Honest."
- '97 film with the tagline "Coming soon. Honest."
- Emphatic denial
More clues leading to the result NOWAY
- "Forget about it!"
- "In your dreams!"
- "Not even if you paid me ..."
- "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
- "Never in a million years!"
- "Keep dreaming!"
- "Dream on!"
- "Ixnay!"
- "Absolutely not!"
- "Impossible!"
More clues leading to the result I AM NOT!
More clues leading to the result NOTME
- "I'm innocent!"
- Answer to "Who did it?"
- Terse denial
- Claim of innocence
- Innocent remark?
- Likely response to "More monkey brain stew?"
- Passing remark?
- "Pick someone else!"
- "You've got the wrong guy!"
- Brat's denial
More clues leading to the result IDIDNOT
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