Gets going
The crossword clue "Gets going" is answered by STARTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STARTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STARTS answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 10 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.
- REVSUP (3 uses in xd)
- STARTSIN (3 uses in xd)
- INITIATES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for STARTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by STARTS, most used first.
- Begins - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Kicks off - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Commences - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets underway - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Initiates - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Beginnings - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes first - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Launches - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitches the first inning - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Sets off - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Gets up - ARISES, used 40 times
- Going nowhere - INARUT, used 26 times
- Gets around - EVADES, used 25 times
- Gets away from - ELUDES, used 21 times
- Going out with - SEEING, used 17 times
- Gets the lead out - ERASES, used 16 times
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