But crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “But” are JUST, ONLY or SOME, with 4 letters. Below are 17 answers from 3 to 13 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

YEA 3 letters · adverb

not only so, but “I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice”

JUST 4 letters · adverb

and nothing more “just a scratch”

ABOUT 5 letters · adverb

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct “in just about a minute”

SIMPLY 6 letters · adverb

and nothing more “it is simply a matter of time”

ROUGHLY 7 letters · adverb

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct “roughly $3,000”

MEANWHILE 9 letters · adverb

at the same time but in another place “meanwhile, back at the ranch …”

ACCEPTABLY 10 letters · adverb

in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

APPROXIMATELY 13 letters · adverb

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct “lasted approximately an hour”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, JUST, ONLY, SOME, YEAH and ANEW all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: J → JUST · O → ONLY · S → SOME · Y → YEAH · A → ANEW. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, SIMPLY, MERELY, AROUND and AFRESH all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: I → SIMPLY · E → MERELY · R → AROUND · F → AFRESH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 9 squares, MEANWHILE, VIRTUALLY and TOLERABLY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MEANWHILE · V → VIRTUALLY · T → TOLERABLY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “buts” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “but” means

• adverb: and nothing more (“hopes that last but a moment”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as BUT, and words whose definition is BUT. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.