Stops wavering
The crossword clue "Stops wavering" is answered by OPTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPTS answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Goes (for) - used 107 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
- 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
- __ for; selects - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Decides (to) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Elects (to) - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Picks, with "for" - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Selects - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes up one's mind - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Stops waffling - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- __ out (withdraws) - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Picks - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Comes to a decision - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Decides on, with "for" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- __ for; picks - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Makes a pick - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Stops vacillating - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Acts on a preference - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Declines, with "out" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Is decisive - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets off the metaphorical fence - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Stops hedging - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Votes (for) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Waffles no more - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes a decision (to) - used 6 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.
- RR stops - STAS, used 46 times
- Stops - ENDS, used 39 times
- Stops up - DAMS, used 35 times
- Travel stops - INNS, used 30 times
- Travelers' stops - INNS, used 24 times
- "The buck stops __" - HERE, used 20 times
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