Knight of the road.
The crossword clue "Knight of the road." is answered by HOBO, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HOBO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOBO answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- VAGABOND (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Freight train rider - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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- 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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