Answer to "Playground retort" crossword clue

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
ARENOT	7 %	6
ARETOO	7 %	6
ISNOT	6 %	5
AMNOT	6 %	5
AMSO	5 %	4
IAMSO	4 %	5
DIDSO	4 %	5
DOESSO	3 %	6
DOESTOO	3 %	7
IDOSO	2 %	5
CANTOO	2 %	6
ICANSO	2 %	6
ISSO	2 %	4
AM SO!	1 %	6
IDOTOO	1 %	6
STOO	1 %	4
DID TOO!	1 %	8
ICANTOO	1 %	7
AM TOO!	1 %	7
DOTOO	1 %	5
YEAHYOU	1 %	7
MAKEME	1 %	6
DOES SO!	1 %	8
YOUARE	1 %	6
ARE TOO!	1 %	8
IAMTOO	1 %	6
DIDTOO	1 %	6
CAN SO!	1 %	7

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 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 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 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 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 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 AM SO!

• Playground retort
• Childish retort

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 STOO

• Playground retort

More clues leading to the result DID TOO!

• Playground retort

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 AM TOO!

• Playground retort
• “Are not!” retort
• Recess retort

More clues leading to the result DOTOO

• Playground retort
• "Yeah-hunh!"
• "You got a past and I ___" (Drake lyric)

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?'

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 DOES SO!

• Playground retort

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 ARE TOO!

• Playground retort

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 DIDTOO

• Playground retort

More clues leading to the result CAN SO!

• “I’ll show you!”
• “Just watch me!”
• Playground retort