Gets off the fence

The answer

OPTS

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

Used 36 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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.

• ACTS (7 uses in xd)
• CHOOSES (2 uses in xd)
• DECIDES (2 uses in xd)
• DEICIDES (1 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
• Elects - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• 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.

• Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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