The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word QUIT , but the solution may also be OMIT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Drop out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUIT | 35 % | 4 |
| SECEDE | 26 % | 6 |
| OMIT | 22 % | 4 |
| SHED | 9 % | 4 |
| OPT | 4 % | 3 |
| DELETE | 4 % | 6 |
Why may OPT be the right solution?
The answer to "Drop (out)" is "OPT" because when someone chooses to "opt" out of something, they decide to withdraw or not participate.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drop out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- leave
- throw in the towel
- chuck up the sponge
- quit
- give up
- throw in
- flunk out
- skip out
- throw out
- bug out
- drop
- dip out
Crossword Answer definitions
QUIT verb- To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
- To repay (someone) for (something).
- To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
- To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
- To carry through; to go through to the end.
- To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
- To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- To leave (a place).
- To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
- To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
- To close (an application).
- (usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
- Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result SECEDE
- Drop out, officially
- Break away
- Pull out
- Withdraw formally
- Leave the country?
- Leave the union
- State yourself?
- Withdraw
- Get out of a union
- Withdraw from a union
More clues leading to the result OMIT
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result OPT
- Choose
- Make a choice
- Not req.
- Make up your mind
- __ for (pick)
- Pick an alternative
- Select
- Be decisive
- Elect
- Choose "yes," e.g.