Change direction suddenly
The crossword clue "Change direction suddenly" is answered by VEER, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VEER
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VEER answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for VEER
Every other clue in this collection answered by VEER, most used first.
- Swerve - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
- Zig or zag - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn sharply - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Change direction - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn suddenly - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Change course - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Shift. - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
- Go off course - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Deviate - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Change course suddenly - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Swerve suddenly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Make a sharp turn - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Shift course - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Swerve off course - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Avoid a collision - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Jerk the wheel - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Suddenly change course - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn off course - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- Sunrise direction - EAST, used 256 times
- Recipe direction - STIR, used 102 times
- Change for a $20 bill - TENS, used 85 times
- Vane direction - EAST, used 79 times
- Break suddenly - SNAP, used 77 times
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