Operate
The crossword clue "Operate" is answered by RUN, a 3-letter entry. Used 51 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RUN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUN answer page.
Used 51 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RUN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUN, most used first.
- Baseball score - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Sprint - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Scoot - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Skedaddle - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Gallop - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Seek office - used 25 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.
- Operate - USE, used 32 times
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