Goes off course
The crossword clue "Goes off course" is answered by YAWS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YAWS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YAWS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 7 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.
- DEVIATES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for YAWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by YAWS, most used first.
- Swerves at sea - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Deviates off course - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Swerves off course - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Course deviations - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Swerves - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
- Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
- Off in the distance - AFAR, used 130 times
- Ticked off - SORE, used 123 times
- Give off, as light - EMIT, used 122 times
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