Beats it
The crossword clue "Beats it" is answered by LAMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAMS answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 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.
- CLEARSOUT (2 uses in xd)
- GETSLOST (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAMS, most used first.
- Hightails it - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Escapes - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes off - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Skedaddles - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Flees - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Hasty escapes - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Takes a powder - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Fugitive flights - 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.
- Barely beats - NIPS, used 14 times
- Beats by a nose - NIPS, used 10 times
- It beats a deuce - TREY, used 10 times
- It beats scissors - ROCK, used 8 times
- Just beats - NIPS, used 8 times
- It beats nothing in poker - PAIR, used 6 times
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