Lost dog.

The answer

STRAY

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRAY answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1932. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STRAY

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

• Wander off - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Wander - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Alley cat - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Digress - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Go off course - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wander off course - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Get sidetracked - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Wander away - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Leave the path - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Maverick - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Wander off the path - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Alley cat, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Deviate - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Go off the path - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Go off the trail - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Homeless animal - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• "Get lost!" - SCRAM, used 142 times
• Japanese dog - AKITA, used 108 times
• Welsh dog - CORGI, used 70 times
• Lost color - PALED, used 66 times
• Lost - ATSEA, used 63 times
• The Jetsons' dog - ASTRO, used 63 times

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