Caught in ___

The answer

ALIE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALIE answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 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.

• THEACT (3 uses in xd)
• ANET (2 uses in xd)
• ATRAP (2 uses in xd)
• AJAM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALIE

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

• "I cannot tell ___" - used 292 times, most recently in 2025
• "It's a Sin to Tell ___" - used 46 times, most recently in 2022
• "That's ___!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
• What George couldn't tell - used 20 times, most recently in 2013
• "That's ___ and you know it!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "That's ___!" ("Not true!") - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Sam Shepard's "___ of the Mind" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Get caught in ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• What Washington couldn't tell - used 7 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Caught in the act - SEEN, used 65 times
• Fish caught in pots - EELS, used 21 times
• They're caught at the beach - RAYS, used 13 times
• Caught, in a way - SEEN, used 10 times
• Caught sight of - SEEN, used 8 times
• One who may be caught off base - AWOL, used 8 times

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