Escape in a hurry

The answer

FLEE

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

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for FLEE

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

• Run away - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Escape - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
• Hightail it - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Head for the hills - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Run off - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Skedaddle - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Take off - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Get out of Dodge - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Make an escape - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Run - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• Cut and run - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Beat a hasty retreat - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Leave in a hurry - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Make a run for it - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Beat it - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Make tracks - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Turn tail - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Bolt - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Go on the lam - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Make a break for it - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Run for it - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Run away from - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Take a powder - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Abscond - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Get out of town - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Skip town - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Absquatulate - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Disappear. - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Take it on the lam - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Vanish. - used 7 times, most recently in 1970
• Decamp - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Run from - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Take to one's heels - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Hurry - RUSH, used 86 times
• Step ___ (hurry) - ONIT, used 48 times
• Shake ___ (hurry) - ALEG, used 44 times
• "Hurry up!" - CMON, used 39 times
• "Hurry!" - ASAP, used 19 times
• Escape route - EXIT, used 18 times

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