Break loose

The answer

ESCAPE

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. 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.

• ERUPT (1 uses in xd)
• GETFREE (1 uses in xd)
• PRISE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ESCAPE

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

• Get away - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Flee - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Houdini feat - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Break free - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Break out - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Getaway - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Fly the coop - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Make a getaway - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Get away from it all - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Get out - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Break out of jail - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Way out - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Get away from - used 7 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.

• School break - RECESS, used 40 times
• Break away - SECEDE, used 37 times
• Took a break - RESTED, used 35 times
• Afternoon break - SIESTA, used 32 times
• Courtroom break - RECESS, used 24 times
• Break a promise - RENEGE, used 23 times

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