Went by plane
The crossword clue "Went by plane" is answered by FLEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FLEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLEW answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FLEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLEW, most used first.
- Took to the air - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Soared - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Took wing - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Aviated - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Took off - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Took to the skies - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Took a plane - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sped - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Zoomed - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Went by air - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Went fast - SPED, used 96 times
- Went under - SANK, used 60 times
- Plane-related - AERO, used 47 times
- Went on horseback - RODE, used 47 times
- Plane measure - AREA, used 40 times
- Went too fast - SPED, used 36 times
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