"___ didn't!" (phrase of denial)

The answer

NOI

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

Used 10 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• NOWE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOI

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

• "There's ___ in team" - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• "There's ___ in 'team'" - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• "___ won't be afraid" ("Stand by Me" lyric) - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ won't!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ didn't!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ insist!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ will not!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "There's __ in 'team"' - used 7 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Dundee denial - NAE, used 143 times
• "Didn't I tell you?" - SEE, used 137 times
• Menu phrase - ALA, used 120 times
• Scot's denial - NAE, used 108 times
• Dijon denial - NON, used 77 times
• Slangy denial - NAH, used 62 times

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