Answer to ""Out of the question"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CANT , but the solution may also be IMPOSSIBLE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

"Out of the question" crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CANT	13 %	4
ICANT	13 %	5
UHUH	13 %	4
NOCHANCE	9 %	8
NODICE	9 %	6
IMPOSSIBLE	9 %	10
NEVER	4 %	5
UNACHIEVABLE	4 %	12
IMPOSSIBLYTOUGH	4 %	15
ABSURD	4 %	6
TOTALLYHOPELESS	4 %	15
NOWAY	4 %	5
TOODIFFICULT	4 %	12
UNTHINKABLE	4 %	11

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Out of the question"

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• impossible
• inconceivable
• unimaginable
• unthinkable
• unachievable
• unnearable
• unlikely
• unattainable
• far-fetched
• ineligible
• inopinable
• inescapable

Crossword Answer definitions

CANT noun

1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
4. Empty, hypocritical talk.
5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
6. A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
7. A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

CANT verb

1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
2. To speak in set phrases.
3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

CANT noun

1. Side, edge, corner, niche.
2. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
3. A corner (of a building).
4. An outer or external angle.
5. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
6. A movement or throw that overturns something.
7. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
8. (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
9. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
10. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

CANT verb

1. To set (something) at an angle.
2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
3. To bevel an edge or corner.
4. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

CANT noun

1. A parcel, a division.

CANT verb

1. To divide or parcel out.

CANT adjective

1. Lively, lusty.

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 CANT

• Defeatist's word
• Isn't capable of
• Argot
• Patois
• Slanting surface
• Slope
• Tilted position
• "This __ be!"
• Lean to one side
• "You ___ fight city hall"

More clues leading to the result ICANT

• Quitter's comment
• ___ begin to tell you...
• Whiner's cry
• "Previous engagement, sorry!"
• "Sorry"
• Quitter's claim
• "___ go on like this!"
• "___ wait!"
• "It's all too much!"
• Familiar excuse

More clues leading to the result UHUH

• "Hex naw"
• "No dice"
• "Ain't happening"
• "Fuhgeddit"
• "Never gonna happen"
• "Nope"
• "Nah"
• Inelegant denial
• "Not a chance"
• "Nothing doing"

More clues leading to the result NOCHANCE

• "In your dreams!"
• "Impossible"
• "Like you have a prayer!"
• "When pigs fly!"
• "When hell freezes over!"
• "Out of the question"
• "Never"
• "Forget it!"
• "Impossible!"

More clues leading to the result NODICE

• "Forget it."
• "Forget it!"
• "Forget about it!"
• "It's not happening"
• "Ain't gonna happen!"
• "Fat chance!"
• "Uh uh"
• "Uh uh!"
• "Not gonna happen!"
• "Fuggedaboutit!"

More clues leading to the result IMPOSSIBLE

• Word scorned by a real optimist.
• "It's ___," Perry Como hit
• See 26 Across
• "The ___ Dream," 1965 song
• Anything's belief?
• Out of the question
• See 44-Across
• Q: Are you eligible for this job? A: Yes. ___

More clues leading to the result NEVER

• "When pigs fly!"
• A thousand times no!
• Cry of defiance
• "Absofuckinglutely not"
• "Like THAT's going to happen!"
• Defiant cry
• At no time
• "When pigs fly"
• Under no circumstances
• "In your dreams!"

More clues leading to the result UNACHIEVABLE

• Out of the question

More clues leading to the result IMPOSSIBLYTOUGH

• Out of the question

More clues leading to the result ABSURD

• Preposterous
• Ludicrous
• Like Ionesco's plays
• Ionesco-esque?
• Ridiculous
• Theater of the ___
• Nonsensical
• Laughably foolish
• Laughable
• Cockamamie

More clues leading to the result TOTALLYHOPELESS

• Out of the question

More clues leading to the result NOWAY

• "Forget about it!"
• "In your dreams!"
• "Not even if you paid me ..."
• "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
• "Never in a million years!"
• "Keep dreaming!"
• "Dream on!"
• "Ixnay!"
• "Absolutely not!"
• "Impossible!"

More clues leading to the result TOODIFFICULT

• Out of the question

More clues leading to the result UNTHINKABLE

• Out of the question