Went swiftly

The answer

SPED

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 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.

• TORE (3 uses in xd)
• FLEW (2 uses in xd)
• FLED (1 uses in xd)
• HARED (1 uses in xd)
• RACED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPED

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

• Raced - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
• Drove too fast - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Went fast - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurried - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Tore - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Floored it - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Risked a ticket - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Zoomed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Ignored the limit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Hightailed it - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Put the pedal to the metal - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Went too fast - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Zipped - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Exceeded the limit - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Made haste - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Rushed - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Drove fast - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Hastened - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
• Made tracks - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Went quickly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Flew - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Went over the limit - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Hied - used 23 times, most recently in 2012
• Stepped on it - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Went lickety-split - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Burned rubber - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Expedited - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Hotfooted it - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
• Didn't dillydally - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Earned a ticket - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Accelerated - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Went really fast - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Went like the wind - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Dashed - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Moved quickly - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Risked a citation - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Went 90 - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Went very fast - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Drove 90 mph - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Drove over the limit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Earned a citation? - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Hustled - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Zipped along - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ran - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Barreled along - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Hurried along - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Moved rapidly - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Scurried - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Traveled quickly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Was a leadfoot - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Whizzed - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Flouted the limit - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Had a heavy foot - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Lost no time - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Really moved - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Risked getting a ticket - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Risked getting pulled over - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Took off - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Wasted no time - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Went like the dickens - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Went rapidly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Went under - SANK, used 60 times
• Went on horseback - RODE, used 47 times
• Went down - SANK, used 31 times
• Went fast - TORE, used 31 times
• "___ went thataway!" - THEY, used 28 times
• Went away - LEFT, used 27 times

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