Way off the highway

The answer

EXIT

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. 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.

• RAMP (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for EXIT

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

• Way out - used 285 times, most recently in 2026
• Stage direction - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• Leave the stage - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Theater sign - used 51 times, most recently in 2021
• Leave - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Way to go - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Departure - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Egress - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Highway off-ramp - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Off-ramp - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Door sign - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Escape route - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Sartre's "No ___" - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Sign over a door - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Theatre sign. - used 15 times, most recently in 1997
• Depart - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Go out - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Take one's leave - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Freeway off-ramp - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Go offstage - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of poll - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Where to get off - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• It's a turnoff - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Take off - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Get out - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Highway sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign in the dark - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Turnoff - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Turnpike turnoff - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Escape hatch - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Go - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Maze goal - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Script direction - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Sign above a door - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ strategy - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Subway sign. - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Door to leave through - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Freeway sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Leave the premises - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• One type of poll - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Ramp sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Thruway sign - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
• Way off? - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Auditorium sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Cinema sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Fire drill objective - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Head out - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Highway ramp - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Illuminated sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Leave the scene - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Lighted sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Outlet - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Sign in a theater - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The way out - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Turnpike sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Walk offstage - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Way off the freeway - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on a lighted sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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