"Not a chance"

The answer

NOPE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOPE answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. 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.

• NOWAY (18 uses in xd)
• UHUH (15 uses in xd)
• ASIF (9 uses in xd)
• NEVER (8 uses in xd)
• HAH (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOPE

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

• "Uh-uh" - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Slangy refusal - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Slangy negative - used 46 times, most recently in 2017
• "Forget it!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• "Unh-unh" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Slangy denial - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Huh-uh" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Informal refusal - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ain't happening" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't think so" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "Ain't gonna happen" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Nuh-uh" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hard pass" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "I don't think so" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fat chance!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Slangy turndown - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Yep's opposite - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Opposite of "yep" - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• "Absolutely not" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Nah" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Opposite of "yup" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Yup's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Can't help ya" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Relaxed rejection - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "Guess again" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "In your dreams" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Slangy reply - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Sorry" - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Informal denial - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Negatory!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Slangy dissent - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "Yup" opposite - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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