Turn about
The crossword clue "Turn about" is answered by SLUE, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLUE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUE answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TWIDDLE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SLUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUE, most used first.
- Swing around - used 140 times, most recently in 2024
- Pivot - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn on an axis - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn on a pivot - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Swing about - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Pivot around - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Twist - used 16 times, most recently in 2005
- Veer. - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
- Turn sharply - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Fishtail - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Turn - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn, as a mast - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Twist sideways - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Do a quick turnaround - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Swivel around - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn around - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Pivot around a pole - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Swivel on an axis - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- ___ about - ONOR, used 191 times
- About - INRE, used 176 times
- ___ about (approximately) - ONOR, used 163 times
- About - ASTO, used 149 times
- ___ about (roughly) - ONOR, used 120 times
- Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
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