Gives the thumbs-up

The answer

OKS

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

Used 22 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 12 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.

• OKAYS (4 uses in xd)
• SAYSYES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OKS

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

• Approves - used 227 times, most recently in 2026
• Green-lights - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Signs off on - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Gives the go-ahead - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Authorizes - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Gives the green light - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Approvals - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Rubber-stamps - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Sanctions - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Gives a thumbs-up - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Endorses - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Greenlights - used 25 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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