Run before the wind.
The crossword clue "Run before the wind." is answered by SCUD, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SCUD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCUD answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCUD
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCUD, most used first.
- Gulf War missile - used 130 times, most recently in 2025
- Desert Storm missile - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Move swiftly. - used 13 times, most recently in 2002
- Missile type - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Move quickly, as clouds - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Gust of wind - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Missile - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Run before a gale. - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Type of missile - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Gulf War weapon - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Iraqi missile - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Mideast missile - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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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.
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- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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