"Beat it!"

The answer

SHOO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHOO answer page.

Used 69 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 20 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.

• SCRAM (186 uses in xd)
• SCAT (128 uses in xd)
• LAM (20 uses in xd)
• GETLOST (15 uses in xd)
• FLEE (14 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHOO

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

• "Scram!" - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• "Scat!" - used 95 times, most recently in 2025
• "Get lost!" - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• "Go away!" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• "Get outta here!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• "Buzz off!" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Chase away - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "Git!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "Begone!" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive away - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "Amscray!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• "Skedaddle!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Vamoose!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Get out of here!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• "Beat it!" - SCAT, used 128 times
• Barely beat - EDGE, used 43 times
• Beat by a whisker - EDGE, used 26 times
• Just beat - EDGE, used 21 times

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