Qualifying races
The crossword clue "Qualifying races" is answered by HEATS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. 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
HEATS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEATS answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HEATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEATS, most used first.
- Warms up - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Preliminary races - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Track trials - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Warms - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts in the oven - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Track and field events - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Increases molecular motion - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Track events - 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.
- Harness races - TROTS, used 8 times
- Paces in races - TROTS, used 8 times
- "A Day ___ Races" - ATTHE, used 6 times
- "___ the races!" - OFFTO, used 6 times
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