Crab-walk

The answer

SIDLE

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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
• Move edgewise - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Act crabby? - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• 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.

• Walk leisurely - AMBLE, used 44 times
• Walk inside - ENTER, used 41 times
• Walk proudly - STRUT, used 41 times
• "Walk Away --" - RENEE, used 27 times
• Walk heavily - STOMP, used 27 times
• Walk like a peacock - STRUT, used 27 times

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