Turns abruptly
The crossword clue "Turns abruptly" is answered by VEERS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VEERS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VEERS answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 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.
- SWERVES (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for VEERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by VEERS, most used first.
- Swerves - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns sharply - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns suddenly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Zigs or zags - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Changes course - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Goes off course - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Shifts - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Changes course suddenly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Changes direction - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- "___ World Turns" - ASTHE, used 27 times
- Some turns - LEFTS, used 26 times
- Twisty turns - ESSES, used 23 times
- Turns over - CEDES, used 14 times
- Turns pages - LEAFS, used 12 times
- Turns sharply - SLUES, used 12 times
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