Starts
The crossword clue "Starts" is answered by SHIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. 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
SHIES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. 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.
- INITIATES (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHIES, most used first.
- Recoils - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Flings. - used 12 times, most recently in 2001
- Acts skittish - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- ___ away from (avoids) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Recoils, with "away" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Backs (away) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Draws back - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Starts suddenly - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Starts the bidding - OPENS, used 51 times
- Starts the pot - ANTES, used 27 times
- Starts a pot - ANTES, used 15 times
- Starts to wake - STIRS, used 13 times
- Starts - OPENS, used 11 times
- Starts a poker pot - ANTES, used 10 times
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