Freight train rider
The crossword clue "Freight train rider" is answered by HOBO, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOBO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOBO answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HOBO
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOBO, most used first.
- Vagrant - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Vagabond - used 72 times, most recently in 2024
- Tramp - used 68 times, most recently in 2023
- King of the road - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
- Boxcar rider - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Bum - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Rail rider - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Drifter - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Bindlestiff - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Knight of the road. - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Transient - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Boxcar hopper - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Wanderer - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Freight car hopper, stereotypically - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Bindle bearer - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Freight-train hopper - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Bindle stiff - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Rail-riding wanderer - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Roads scholar? - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Freight train stowaway - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Gentleman of the road - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Rail-riding vagabond - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Red Skelton persona - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- "Take ___ Train" - THEA, used 53 times
- Train track - RAIL, used 44 times
- Took the train - RODE, used 41 times
- Train units - CARS, used 33 times
- Train for a bout - SPAR, used 30 times
- Fill with freight - LADE, used 24 times
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