"Failure ___ an option"
The crossword clue ""Failure ___ an option"" is answered by ISNOT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ISNOT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ISNOT answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by ISNOT, most used first.
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- Playground comeback - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Schoolyard comeback - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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