Emphatic refusal

The answer

NOHOW

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOHOW answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1976. 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.

• NEVER (10 uses in xd)
• HECKNO (4 uses in xd)
• ISAIDNO (4 uses in xd)
• NONONO (4 uses in xd)
• NOSIREE (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOHOW

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

• Not at all - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• "Ain't gonna happen" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Not in any way - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• "When pigs fly!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Forget it!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• "Absolutely not!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Ain't happening!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• At all - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• At all, in dialect - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Not by a long shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Polite refusal - NOSIR, used 86 times
• Respectful refusal - NOSIR, used 16 times
• Emphatic denial - NOSIR, used 11 times
• Emphatic refusal - NEVER, used 10 times
• Emphatic turndown - NOSIR, used 9 times
• Adamant refusal - NEVER, used 7 times

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