Vote against

The answer

NAY

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

Used 81 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 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.

• BLACKBALL (1 uses in xd)
• OPPOSE (1 uses in xd)
• SAYNAY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NAY

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

• Thumbs-down vote - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Dissenting vote - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposing vote - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Negative vote - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• No vote - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Thumbs-down - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Aye canceler - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Aye's opposite - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Anti's vote - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Certain vote - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Opposition vote - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Dissenter's vote - used 22 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.

• Pro vote - YEA, used 126 times
• Affirmative vote - YEA, used 118 times
• Vote in favor - YEA, used 73 times
• Affirmative vote - AYE, used 67 times
• Thumbs-up vote - YEA, used 66 times
• Vote for - YEA, used 57 times

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