Slip sideways
The crossword clue "Slip sideways" is answered by SKID, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SKID
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SKID answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 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
- 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
- Late-braking development? - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- 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.
- Slip through the cracks - SEEP, used 30 times
- Give the slip to - LOSE, used 21 times
- Move sideways - EDGE, used 21 times
- Slip up - GOOF, used 17 times
- Slip (into) - EASE, used 11 times
- Comfy slip-ons - MOCS, used 9 times
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