Wander off course
The crossword clue "Wander off course" is answered by STRAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRAY answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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.
- STRAGGLE (2 uses in xd)
- DIVAGATE (1 uses in xd)
- GOASTRAY (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Lost dog. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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