Ran fast

The answer

RACED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RACED answer page.

Used 21 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 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.

• SPED (34 uses in xd)
• TORE (5 uses in xd)
• HARED (3 uses in xd)
• DASHED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RACED

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

• Sped - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Tore - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Sprinted - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Went fast - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Competed at Indy - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Stepped on it - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurried - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Ran competitively - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Competed in the Indy 500 - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Entered Indy - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Rushed - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Zoomed - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Also-ran - LOSER, used 68 times
• Ran in neutral - IDLED, used 46 times
• Fast - RAPID, used 43 times
• Drive too fast - SPEED, used 35 times
• Ran easily - LOPED, used 30 times
• Fast Amtrak train - ACELA, used 24 times

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