Three strikes.

The answer

OUT

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Away from the office - used 18 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
• 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.

• Prefix meaning "three" - TRI, used 91 times
• Three, in Rome - TRE, used 82 times
• Three: Prefix. - TRI, used 79 times
• Three ___ match - ONA, used 65 times
• Three, on a sundial - III, used 62 times
• Italian three - TRE, used 54 times

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