Decline to participate
The crossword clue "Decline to participate" is answered by OPTOUT, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPTOUT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPTOUT answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OPTOUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPTOUT, most used first.
- Choose not to participate - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Decide to withdraw - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Chooses to participate - OPTSIN, used 14 times
- On the decline - WANING, used 10 times
- Didn't participate - SATOUT, used 8 times
- Decline - REFUSE, used 7 times
- Decides to participate - OPTSIN, used 6 times
- Didn't participate in - SATOUT, used 6 times
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