The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ARESO , but the solution may also be CAN SO! which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Playground retort crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
ARESO | 14 % | 5 |
ISTOO | 12 % | 5 |
CANSO | 10 % | 5 |
AMTOO | 9 % | 5 |
ARETOO | 7 % | 6 |
ARENOT | 7 % | 6 |
ISNOT | 6 % | 5 |
AMNOT | 6 % | 5 |
AMSO | 5 % | 4 |
IAMSO | 4 % | 5 |
DIDSO | 4 % | 5 |
DOESSO | 3 % | 6 |
DOESTOO | 3 % | 7 |
ICANSO | 2 % | 6 |
ISSO | 2 % | 4 |
IDOSO | 2 % | 5 |
CANTOO | 2 % | 6 |
MAKEME | 1 % | 6 |
YOUARE | 1 % | 6 |
DOES SO! | 1 % | 8 |
IAMTOO | 1 % | 6 |
ARE TOO! | 1 % | 8 |
DIDTOO | 1 % | 6 |
CAN SO! | 1 % | 7 |
AM SO! | 1 % | 6 |
IDOTOO | 1 % | 6 |
ICANTOO | 1 % | 7 |
STOO | 1 % | 4 |
DID TOO! | 1 % | 8 |
DOTOO | 1 % | 5 |
YEAHYOU | 1 % | 7 |
AM TOO! | 1 % | 7 |
Why may ARENOT be the right solution?
The playground retort "Are not!" is a common response to someone's statement. In this case, the clue is asking for the actual retort, which is "ARENOT".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Playground retort
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- comeback
- snappy response
- quip
- sass
- caressing
- propose
- snipe
- chops
- talk back
- joined up
- sarcastic
- rub
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 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 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 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 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 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 ISNOT
- "Once __ Enough"
- "Ain't" completely?
- "Once ___ Enough"
- Playground comeback
- "This Film ___ Yet Rated"
- Ain't, properly
- Playground retort
- Ain't said right?
- "Ours ___ to reason why..."
- "This ___ happening!"
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 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 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
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 DOESSO
- Retort in a verbal volley
- Rebuttal in a shouting match
- Playground retort
- Kid's comeback
- Child's insistent assertion
- Childish rebuttal
- Schoolyard comeback
- Terse rebuttal in a shouting match
- Possible rebuttal in a childish argument
- Recess rebuttal, perhaps
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 ICANSO
- "Just watch me!"
- Playground rejoinder
- Response to a doubter of one's abilities
- Response to a doubter
- Kid's retort
- Playground retort
- Response to a doubting Thomas
- Braggart's retort
- "Just you watch me"
- "Just you watch!"
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 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 CANTOO
- Defiant response
- Braggart's assertion
- Assertion of ability
- Braggart's insistence
- Assertive retort
- Playground retort
- Schoolyard "I'll show you!"
- Braggart's comeback
- Playground comeback
- Response to a discouraging comment
More clues leading to the result MAKEME
- "What are you gonna do about it?"
- Bully's challenge
- "See if I will!"
- Authority-defying dare
- Defiant kid's dare
- Defiant words
- Tough kid's dare
- Defiant dare
- Defiant response to a challenge
- Schoolyard challenge
More clues leading to the result YOUARE
- 1983 Lionel Richie title words before "the sun" and "the rain"
- Playground retort
- "___ My Sunshine"
- 1983 Lionel Richie hit
- With 67-Across, dreaded words from a cop?
- '-- My Sunshine'
- '-- the Sunshine of My Life'
- Words with "my sunshine"
- Words with "the wind beneath my wings"
- "-- So Beautiful"
More clues leading to the result DOES SO!
More clues leading to the result IAMTOO
- "You are not!" comeback
- "Same here"
- Playground reply to "You are not!"
- Playground retort
- "__ old for this"
- "You are not!" rejoinder
- Words of agreement
- "Me, also"
- "You are not!" retort
- "You are not!" response
More clues leading to the result ARE TOO!
More clues leading to the result DIDTOO
More clues leading to the result CAN SO!
More clues leading to the result AM SO!
More clues leading to the result IDOTOO
- "Same here!"
- "Same here"
- "Same with me!"
- Words of agreement
- "Likewise"
- Response to "No you don't!"
- Agreeing words
- Words of concurrence
- "Ditto"
- "Ditto!"
More clues leading to the result ICANTOO
- "Oh, yeah? Just watch me!"
- "Oh yeah? Watch me!"
- "Want me to prove it?"
- Reassuring retort
- Playground comeback
- Schoolyard retort
- Playground retort
- Playground response to a challenge
- "Just watch me!"
- Defiant comeback
More clues leading to the result STOO
More clues leading to the result DID TOO!
More clues leading to the result DOTOO
More clues leading to the result YEAHYOU
- "Who, me?" response
- Playground retort
- Defiant retort
- Insistent response
- Response to "Who, me?"
- "Me?" response
- Reply to 'Who, me?'