Late-braking development?

The answer

SKID

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SKID

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

• Lose traction - used 141 times, most recently in 2026
• Sideslip. - used 26 times, most recently in 2007
• Slip and slide - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Losing streak - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip sideways - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Slide - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Slide sideways - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fishtail - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Cargo platform - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Unexpected slide - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pallet - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• It may leave its mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Slip - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• "Better late ___ never" - THAN, used 44 times
• Late-night host Meyers - SETH, used 43 times
• Michael of "Arrested Development" - CERA, used 41 times
• Late-night host - LENO, used 34 times
• "Am ___ late?" - ITOO, used 32 times
• Shawkat of "Arrested Development" - ALIA, used 30 times

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