Elects
The crossword clue "Elects" is answered by OPTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 35 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OPTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPTS answer page.
Used 35 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1960. 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.
- VOTESIN (9 uses in xd)
- CHOOSES (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for OPTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPTS, most used first.
- Chooses - used 286 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes a choice - used 264 times, most recently in 2026
- Decides - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Chooses, with "for" - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes a decision - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdraws, with "out" - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- __ for; chooses - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets off the fence - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes a selection - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Chooses (to) - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Selects, with "for" - used 32 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.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Spoken - ORAL, used 725 times
- Burden - ONUS, used 687 times
- Aware of - ONTO, used 619 times
- Killer whale - ORCA, used 553 times
- Approximately - ORSO, used 489 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.