Chasing-away word

The answer

SHOO

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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.

• SCAT (2 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
• "Beat it!" - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• "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
• "Get away!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive off - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Get out!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Chase off - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• "Buzz off, fly!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-fly pie - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Wave away - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fly away!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Go on, git!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Go away, fly!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Scat, cat!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Word to a fly - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Cry to a fly - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Out!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Chase - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Wave off - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Flee, fly!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Frighten away - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
• Division word - INTO, used 273 times
• Miles away - AFAR, used 210 times
• Put away - STOW, used 205 times
• Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times

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