Away from the office

The answer

OUT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUT answer page.

Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 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.

• NOTIN (38 uses in xd)
• OFFSITE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OUT

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

• Ump's call - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Not at home - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Unconscious - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Umpire's call - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Chic no more - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Away - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Not safe - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Openly gay - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shoo!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• No longer fashionable - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Umpire's cry - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Passé - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• No longer chic - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Ump's cry - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• No longer stylish - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Not home - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Not in - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Loophole - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Not in the closet - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Away from home - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Call at home - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• In the open - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Not in vogue. - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Begone! - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Excuse - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Absent - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Escape clause - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Not in the office - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Three strikes. - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Unfashionable - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Caught stealing - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Means of escape - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• No longer closeted - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Not closeted - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• So last year - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• At lunch, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• At lunch, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Extinguished - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Fast asleep - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• No longer hot - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• No longer in the closet - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• No longer trendy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• On a date - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Published - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Released - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sleeping soundly - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sound asleep - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Asleep - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fully anesthetized - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• No longer popular - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Without without with - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• From ___ Z - ATO, used 460 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times

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