Silent acknowledgment

The answer

NOD

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 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.

• WAVE (2 uses in xd)

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
• "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
• Show assent - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• 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.

• Silent - MUM, used 148 times
• "Silent" prez - CAL, used 39 times
• "Silent Spring" subject - DDT, used 20 times
• "Silent Spring" subj. - DDT, used 16 times
• Debt acknowledgment - IOU, used 14 times
• Silent communication syst. - ASL, used 13 times

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