Act the butterfly
The crossword clue "Act the butterfly" is answered by FLIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FLIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLIT answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FLIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLIT, most used first.
- Dart - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Move like a butterfly - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
- Move like a moth - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Move like a hummingbird - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Dart about - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Flutter - used 18 times, most recently in 2008
- Fly like a butterfly - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Dart along - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Move swiftly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pass quickly - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Rove on the wing. - used 8 times, most recently in 1991
- Move erratically - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Move like a monarch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Skim along - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Skitter - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- 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
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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