Decline to bid
The crossword clue "Decline to bid" is answered by PASS, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1989. 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
PASS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PASS answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PASS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PASS, most used first.
- Go by - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Free ticket - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Football throw - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Annie Oakley - used 34 times, most recently in 2003
- Make the grade? - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Quarterback's throw - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- "No thanks" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Overtake - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Football play - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Hail Mary, e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Bridge call - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Mountain route - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Skip a turn - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Football maneuver - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Quarterback's option - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Fail to fail - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Elapse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "No bid" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bridge term. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
- Get by - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- "I'd rather not" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Go beyond - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Not interested" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge option - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Complimentary ticket - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Forgo bidding - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Go beyond on the road - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mountain road - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- "Not for me" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Avoid an F - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Bidding option - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- "Nah, I'm good" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Decline - WANE, used 47 times
- Bridge bid - SLAM, used 24 times
- Bid first - OPEN, used 14 times
- Make the first bid - OPEN, used 8 times
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