Elect

The answer

OPT

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

Used 60 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 14 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.

• VOTEIN (19 uses in xd)
• CHOOSE (7 uses in xd)
• CHOSEN (6 uses in xd)
• PICK (2 uses in xd)
• TOBE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for OPT

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

• Make a choice - used 399 times, most recently in 2026
• Decide - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Select, with "for" - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Be decisive - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a decision - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Choose (to) - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a selection - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Make up your mind - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Withdraw, with "out" - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Choose, with "for" - used 46 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.

• Alley ___ - OOP, used 518 times
• Eggs - OVA, used 505 times
• Sphere - ORB, used 498 times
• Poem of praise - ODE, used 492 times
• "-- the ramparts ..." - OER, used 357 times
• ___ pro nobis - ORA, used 353 times

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