Went down a chute

The answer

SLID

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

Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLID

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

• Lost traction - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
• Glided - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Skidded - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Coasted - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Moved smoothly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Used a firehouse pole - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Declined - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Hit the dirt - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
• Lost one's footing - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Slipped - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Tried to beat the tag - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Avoided a tag, perhaps - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Reached base, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Rode the banister - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Eluded the tag - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Skated - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tobogganed - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
• Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
• Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
• Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
• Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
• Stepped down - ALIT, used 108 times

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