Puts to flight
The crossword clue "Puts to flight" is answered by ROUTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROUTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROUTS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1962. 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.
Other clues for ROUTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROUTS, most used first.
- Trounces - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Defeats soundly - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Defeats decisively - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Lopsided wins - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Overwhelming defeats - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Crushing defeats - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- One-sided wins - 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.
- Part of a flight - STAIR, used 78 times
- Puts away - STOWS, used 57 times
- Puts in the mail - SENDS, used 50 times
- Flight segment - STAIR, used 45 times
- Flight part - STAIR, used 37 times
- Puts the kibosh on - NIXES, used 37 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.