Silent bids
The crossword clue "Silent bids" is answered by NODS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2003. 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
NODS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NODS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NODS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NODS, most used first.
- Silent assents - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Agrees silently - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Dozes (off) - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Dozes - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Affirmative actions - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Auction actions - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Auction signals - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Silent approvals - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Go-aheads - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Tacit approvals - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Drowses. - used 12 times, most recently in 1985
- Auction bids - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Drops off - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Indicates agreement - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Indicates assent - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Signs of approval - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Agrees quietly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Indicates "yes" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Acceptances - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Assents silently - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Agrees nonverbally - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Endorsements - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Head-moving assents - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Signals agreement - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Silent signals - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Silent yeses - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Drifts (off) - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Nonverbal O.K.'s - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Signals approval - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Signals at Sotheby's - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Signals silently - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Silently agrees - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Subtle signals - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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 performer - MIME, used 92 times
- Silent - MUTE, used 41 times
- Silent actor - MIME, used 26 times
- Silent one - CLAM, used 22 times
- "Silent All These Years" singer Tori - AMOS, used 11 times
- Theda of silent films - BARA, used 11 times
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