"... but we could do something else instead"

The answer

ORNOT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORNOT answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORNOT

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

• "Believe it ___!" - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ready ___ ..." - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• "... but I could be wrong" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Whether ___. - used 29 times, most recently in 2012
• "Ready __, here I come!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "To be __ to be..." - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Like it ___" - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• "Ripley's Believe It __!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "... but maybe I'm wrong" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "Then again, I could be wrong" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Words from Ripley - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "... never mind, then" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Words after "ready" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Say something - SPEAK, used 47 times
• Nothing-but-net sound - SWISH, used 40 times
• Something of value - ASSET, used 33 times
• Last but not __ - LEAST, used 32 times
• Can't help but - HASTO, used 31 times
• "Jack __ could eat no fat..." - SPRAT, used 30 times

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