"They ___ thataway!"

The answer

WENT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WENT answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for WENT

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

• Departed - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Left - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Took off - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Took one's turn - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit the road - used 25 times, most recently in 2020
• Traveled - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Took a turn - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Proceeded - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "What ___ wrong?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Attended - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Left the premises - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Headed out - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Took one's leave - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Came and ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't stay - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Exited - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Got going - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Shoved off - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• They may clash - EGOS, used 78 times
• They give a hoot - OWLS, used 31 times
• "___ went thataway!" - THEY, used 28 times
• They may be inflated - EGOS, used 26 times
• They may be liberal - ARTS, used 26 times
• They/___ pronouns - THEM, used 20 times

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