Fourth-down option
The crossword clue "Fourth-down option" is answered by PUNT, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PUNT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUNT answer page.
Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 11 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.
- KICK (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for PUNT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PUNT, most used first.
- Fourth-down play - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Football kick - used 35 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.
- Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
- Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
- Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- Stepped down - ALIT, used 108 times
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