Flags down
The crossword clue "Flags down" is answered by HAILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HAILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HAILS answer page.
Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HAILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HAILS, most used first.
- Salutes - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Greets - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Acclaims - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Signals, as a taxi - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes down hard? - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
- Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
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