Surprise-party command

The answer

HIDE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HIDE

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

• Conceal - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Stay out of sight - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Keep out of sight - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Take cover - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-and-seek - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Lie low - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Go underground - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Camouflage - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Cover up - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Pelt - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
• Stash - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• Secrete - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Cache. - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Sweep under the rug - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Animal pelt - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Keep a low profile - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Keep secret. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Animal skin - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Hole up - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Obscure - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Screen - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Seek's partner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Stash away - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Mask - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Skin - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Tanning target - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Duck down - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Hair's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Put out of sight - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Make oneself scarce - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• A party to - INON, used 156 times
• Big party - BASH, used 96 times
• Fancy party - GALA, used 83 times
• Party thrower - HOST, used 76 times
• Wild party - BASH, used 76 times
• Party to - INON, used 75 times

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