"Nope"
The crossword clue ""Nope"" is answered by NAW, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAW
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAW answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 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.
- UNHUNH (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for NAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAW, most used first.
- Slangy denial - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- "Uh-uh" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Slangy negative - used 17 times, most recently in 2007
- Slangy refusal - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Slangy turndown - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Rural refusal - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- "Don't reckon so" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of "yep" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Huh-uh" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- "Nope" - NAH, used 58 times
- Opposite of "nope" - YEP, used 15 times
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