Act crabby?

The answer

SIDLE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIDLE answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SIDLE

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

• Move like a crab - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Move furtively - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
• Move laterally - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Edge along - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Move obliquely - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Walk like a crab - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Move crabwise - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Move stealthily - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Advance furtively - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Edge - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Move sideways - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Crab-walk - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Move edgewise - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Emulate a crab - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Move sneakily - used 7 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Part of an act - SCENE, used 76 times
• Act part - SCENE, used 31 times
• Act the ham - EMOTE, used 24 times
• Publicity act - STUNT, used 21 times
• Act the coquette - FLIRT, used 16 times
• Act badly? - EMOTE, used 15 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.