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RACE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 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.

• SOAR (9 uses in xd)
• TEAR (9 uses in xd)
• LENS (4 uses in xd)
• SPEED (4 uses in xd)
• WHIZ (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for RACE

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

• Speed contest - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Track event - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Marathon - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
• Indy event - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Marathon, e.g. - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• "RuPaul's Drag ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Sprint - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Tear - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Contest - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Contest of speed - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Amazing --" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Derby - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
• Marathon or sprint - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Run fast - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dash - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Dash, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Speed - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Marathon, for one - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Indy 500, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Dash or marathon - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Derby, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Meet event - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• Political contest - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Churchill Downs event - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Triathlon, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Campaign - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Derby, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Hurry - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• NASCAR event - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Speed competition - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Competition - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Speed test - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Track contest - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• "Amazing" contest of reality TV - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Ethnic group - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Talladega event - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tour de France, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Watercourse - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
• Camptown activity - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Go quickly - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Kentucky Derby, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Tour de France, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Word with course or horse - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Daytona 500, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Daytona event - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Go fast - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Indy 500, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• It may be three-legged - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• It's sometimes a drag - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Olympic event - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Political campaign - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Run for the money - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Running contest - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Speedway event - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• TV's "The Amazing __" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• You can bet on it - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Zoom skyward - SOAR, used 16 times
• Zoom - TEAR, used 9 times
• Zoom - SOAR, used 9 times
• Zoom, for one - LENS, used 7 times
• Zoom, e.g. - LENS, used 6 times

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