Say it ain't so
The crossword clue "Say it ain't so" is answered by DENY, a 4-letter entry. Used 47 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DENY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DENY answer page.
Used 47 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EDNY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DENY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DENY, most used first.
- Declare untrue - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn down - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Say it isn't so - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Gainsay - used 105 times, most recently in 2025
- Contradict - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Refuse - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Refuse to admit - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Repudiate - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Say no to - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Refute - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Disavow - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Declare false - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Withhold - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Reject - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Reject as false - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Refuse to grant - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Naysay - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Controvert - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Just say no - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "Sad to say ..." - ALAS, used 250 times
- "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
- Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
- "You can say that again!" - AMEN, used 93 times
- "Sorry to say . . ." - ALAS, used 84 times
- Goes on to say - ADDS, used 53 times
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