Goes with the flow

The answer

ADAPTS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAPTS answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 9 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.

• AGREES (1 uses in xd)
• DRIFTS (1 uses in xd)
• ROAMS (1 uses in xd)
• STREAMS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADAPTS

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

• Conforms - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Changes with the times - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes suitable - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Gets used (to) - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Makes fit - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Modifies - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Adjusts to fit - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Makes adjustments - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Changes to fit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Copes with change - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Makes a screenplay out of - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Rolls with the punches - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
• Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
• On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
• On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
• With hands on hips - AKIMBO, used 69 times
• Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times

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