The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BELIE , but the solution may also be DEBUNK which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Prove false crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BELIE | 59 % | 5 |
| REFUTE | 19 % | 6 |
| NEGATE | 12 % | 6 |
| REBUT | 4 % | 5 |
| DEBUNK | 3 % | 6 |
| DISCREDIT | 1 % | 9 |
| CONFUTE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may DEBUNK be the right solution?
"DEBUNK" means to expose the falseness or hollowness of a myth, idea, or belief. It directly relates to proving something false, making it the right answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prove false
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- proving
- disprove
- prove oneself
- disproving
- disproved
- proved
- disproof
- refutable
- proves
- provable
- false statement
- falsehood
Crossword Answer definitions
BELIE verb- To lie around; encompass.
- (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
- To tell lies about.
- To give a false representation of.
- To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
- To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- To mimic; to counterfeit.
- To fill with lies.
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 BELIE
- Prove false
- Misrepresent
- Picture falsely
- Contradict
- Disprove
- Discredit
- Suggest otherwise about
- Run counter to
- Refute
- Show to be false
More clues leading to the result REFUTE
- Prove false
- Contradict
- Prove to be false
- Disprove
- Prove wrong
- Show to be false
- Disprove.
- Show to be invalid.
- Prove false.
- Show to be false.
More clues leading to the result NEGATE
More clues leading to the result REBUT
- Counter
- Offer counterevidence
- Part of a debate
- Show otherwise
- Answer in court
- Counterargue
- Counterpunch verbally
- Try to disprove
- Disprove
- Go second in a debate
More clues leading to the result DEBUNK
- Expose, as a falsehood
- Show to be guff
- Expose a charlatan
- Expose
- Expose as false
- Expose as a fraud
- Poke full of holes
- Prove false
- Show to be a hoax
- Show to be false
More clues leading to the result DISCREDIT
- Show to be untrustworthy
- Cast doubt on
- Defame
- Prove false
- Doubt.
- Cast doubt on.
- Refuse to believe
- Disgrace
- Drag through the mud
- Impugn