Went lickety-split
The crossword clue "Went lickety-split" is answered by TORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TORE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TORE answer page.
Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TORE, most used first.
- Ripped - used 508 times, most recently in 2026
- Sped - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Raced - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
- Rent - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulled apart - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Shredded - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Ripped up - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Lacerated - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Ripped apart - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Went fast - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Ran like heck - used 29 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Split - RIVE, used 98 times
- Went fast - SPED, used 96 times
- Split - REND, used 72 times
- Went under - SANK, used 60 times
- Went on horseback - RODE, used 47 times
- Split apart - REND, used 43 times
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