Like sailors on leave

The answer

ASHORE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ASHORE

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

• On the beach - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• On land - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• On dry land - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Off the ship - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Off the boat - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Onto the beach - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• No longer sailing - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• On terra firma - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Beached - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Taking liberty - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Having missed the boat - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• No longer at sea - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• On solid ground - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• One way to be washed - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Like a sailor on leave - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Not at sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• On liberty - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Onto land - used 6 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.

• Like better - PREFER, used 56 times
• Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
• Leave - DEPART, used 44 times
• Like - AKINTO, used 44 times
• Like some garages - ONECAR, used 36 times
• Leave the country? - SECEDE, used 33 times

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