Get away from it all

The answer

ESCAPE

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• LEAVECAREBEHIND (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 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
• Break loose - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Wears away - ERODES, used 114 times
• Get even for - AVENGE, used 69 times
• Wore away - ERODED, used 64 times
• Get there - ARRIVE, used 58 times
• Right away - ATONCE, used 56 times
• Get cozy - NESTLE, used 48 times

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