Show assent

The answer

NOD

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOD answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NOD

Every other clue in this collection answered by NOD, most used first.

• Silent assent - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Affirmative action? - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Doze (off) - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Silent approval - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Auction signal - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of approval - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Silent agreement - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Doze - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Drop off - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Agree silently - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Go-ahead - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Land east of Eden - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
• Auction action - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Land of ___. - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Silent greeting - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tacit approval - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Oscar nomination, informally - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Drowse. - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• Drift (off) - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Nonverbal "yes" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Silent OK - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical land - used 15 times, most recently in 2000
• Silent "yes" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Wynken, Blynken and __ - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Approval - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of assent - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Silent acknowledgment - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Go ahead" signal - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Head down? - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonverbal agreement - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Show agreement - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Wordless agreement - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Wordless greeting - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Head gesture - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Head movement - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonverbal assent - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Wordless acknowledgment - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Green light - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Indicate agreement - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Nonverbal approval - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Show approval - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Silent bid - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Silent okay - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Silent signal - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "Yes" gesture - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Auction gesture - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Indicate "yes" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Wordless "okay" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wordless "yes" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wynken and Blynken's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Cain's land - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Indicate assent - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Make a slip. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Signal approval - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Auction assent - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Gesture of approval - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of agreement - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Signal of approval - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Silently agree - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Wordless approval - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Yes" signal - 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.

• Sailor's assent - AYE, used 94 times
• NBC weekend show - SNL, used 82 times
• NBC sketch show - SNL, used 63 times
• Show ___ - BIZ, used 56 times
• Hit show letters - SRO, used 55 times
• NBC show since 1975 - SNL, used 55 times

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