Bad way to go

The answer

AWOL

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.

• APE (3 uses in xd)
• AWRY (3 uses in xd)
• ASTRAY (2 uses in xd)
• POSTAL (2 uses in xd)
• BERSERK (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AWOL

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

• MP's quarry - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Off base? - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Way off base? - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• GI offense - used 38 times, most recently in 2019
• Mil. truant - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Military no-show - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• MPs' quarry - used 29 times, most recently in 2015
• Military no-show, for short - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Illegally off base - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Military acronym. - used 25 times, most recently in 2005
• M.P.'s quarry - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Missing - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Missing GI - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Mil. no-show - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Over the hill" - used 19 times, most recently in 2013
• M. P.'s concern. - used 17 times, most recently in 2008
• Nowhere to be found - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Truant GI - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• AFB truant - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Unaccounted for - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Military truant - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Missing, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Off base, in a way - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• GI on the run - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• "Over the hill" in the military - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Truant G.I. - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• USAF truant - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Army acronym. - used 10 times, most recently in 1974
• Missing, militarily - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• MP's concern - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• GI no-show - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Roll call no-show - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Runaway GI - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Barracks no-show - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Delinquent GI - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Missing, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• One who may be caught off base - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Army deserter - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Case for the MP's - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Mil. offense - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• Riskily off base - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Base truant - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Gone but not forgotten - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Missing, in the military - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Off-base GI - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Roll call absentee - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Troop truant - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Truant soldier, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
• Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
• "My bad!" - OOPS, used 191 times
• "Too bad!" - ALAS, used 136 times
• Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times

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