The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FLEE , but the solution may also be LAM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bolt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLEE | 18 % | 4 |
| LAM | 13 % | 3 |
| RIVET | 7 % | 5 |
| SCRAM | 5 % | 5 |
| TEAR | 5 % | 4 |
| ROLLOFCLOTH | 4 % | 11 |
| DART | 4 % | 4 |
| RUN | 4 % | 3 |
| ARROW | 4 % | 5 |
| EAT | 4 % | 3 |
| WOLF | 2 % | 4 |
| LEAVESUDDENLY | 2 % | 13 |
| DEPART | 2 % | 6 |
| HIGHTAILIT | 2 % | 10 |
| DASH | 2 % | 4 |
| LATCHADOOR | 2 % | 10 |
| METALFASTENER | 2 % | 13 |
| AFFIX | 2 % | 5 |
| TAKETOONESHEELS | 2 % | 15 |
| LOCK | 2 % | 4 |
| EATRAPIDLY | 2 % | 10 |
| START | 2 % | 5 |
| LIGHTNINGUNIT | 2 % | 13 |
| HIE | 2 % | 3 |
| ABSCOND | 2 % | 7 |
| RUNLIKEHECK | 2 % | 11 |
| HEADFORTHEHILLS | 2 % | 15 |
| SPRINTERUSAIN | 2 % | 13 |
Why may LAM be the right solution?
The answer "LAM" is the right solution because it is a synonym for "bolt" as in a sudden and quick movement.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bolt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deadbolt
- thunderbolt
- run out
- slap
- smack
- bang
- gobble
- go off
- absquatulate
- run off
- decamp
- abscond
Crossword Answer definitions
FLEE verb- To run away; to escape.
- To escape from.
- To disappear quickly; to vanish.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FLEE
- Barrister Bailey
- Leave town
- Scamper off
- Hightail it
- Skip town
- Get outta here
- Get the hell out of Dodge (Tribute #3)
- Run
- Skedaddle
- Head for the hills
More clues leading to the result LAM
- Beat it
- Escape
- Headlong flight
- Run for it
- Wallop
- Get out of town
- Skip town
- Take a powder
- Felon's exit
- Felonious flight
More clues leading to the result RIVET
- Fasten firmly
- Headed bolt
- Focus
- Hold one's attention
- Enrapture
- Transfix
- Fastener for Rosie
- Girder securer
- Metallic binder
- Fastener
More clues leading to the result SCRAM
- "Get lost!"
- "Hit the road!"
- Abrupt farewell
- Parting word, of sorts
- "Step off!"
- "Git!"
- "Beat it!"
- "Get outta here, kid! You're bothering me"
- "I said 'go!'"
- Word to a pest
More clues leading to the result TEAR
- Eye drop
- Kind of gas
- Sorrowful drop
- Certain drop
- Eyedrop?
- Pull apart
- React to onion-slicing
- Rip apart
- Speed
- Dotted-line instruction
More clues leading to the result ROLLOFCLOTH
More clues leading to the result DART
- Flit about
- Pub missile
- Pub projectile
- Blowgun ammo
- Thing shot in a bar
- Bull's-eye hitter
- Fly (through)
- It may be blown out by a hunter
- It might be thrown at a bull
- It might be tossed out while picking up a blonde
More clues leading to the result RUN
- Duration
- Compete in a race
- Flow
- Turn tail
- Beat a retreat
- Get cracking
- Series, in cards
- Go office-hunting?
- "___ and Tell That" ("Hairspray" song)
- Do like Santorum
More clues leading to the result ARROW
- Pointer
- Sagittarius' projectile
- Tell's missile
- Cupid's projectile
- One-way sign shape
- Pierce __ (old car)
- The CW show whose main character often takes a bow during a fight
- It shows the way
- Directional sign
- Epitome of straightness
More clues leading to the result EAT
- Absorb, as a loss
- "Mangia!"
- Bolt down
- Chow down
- Consume
- Have a nosh
- Lunch
- Scarf down
- Take nourishment
- Dine out
More clues leading to the result WOLF
- Don Juan
- Womanizer
- Peter of the J. Geils Band
- Real howler
- Lobo
- Snarf down
- Grandmother impersonator?
- Little Pigs' foe
- Bored shepherd boy's cry in a fable
- "White Fang" figure
More clues leading to the result LEAVESUDDENLY
More clues leading to the result DEPART
More clues leading to the result HIGHTAILIT
More clues leading to the result DASH
- 100-yard race
- Hotfoot it
- Crush, as one's hopes
- Hurry
- Imprecise cooking measure
- Pinch
- Smidgen
- Bold's competition
- Morse-code symbol
- Recipe amount
More clues leading to the result LATCHADOOR
More clues leading to the result METALFASTENER
More clues leading to the result AFFIX
- Fasten
- Attach, as a postage stamp
- Tack on
- Staple or paste
- Attach, as postage
- Pin
- Append
- Stick on
- Attach
- Paste on, as a stamp
More clues leading to the result TAKETOONESHEELS
More clues leading to the result LOCK
- Symbol on uneditable Wikipedia pages
- Canal gate
- Shoo-in
- Cryptex, basically
- Hard-to-break hold
- Canal feature
- Place for tumblers
- It may be picked
- ___ horns (tangle)
- Fasten securely
More clues leading to the result EATRAPIDLY
More clues leading to the result START
- Kick off
- Square one
- Begin
- Open
- Set in motion
- Appropriate word here?
- Hit the trail
- Select neighbor, on old controllers
- Instructions, part 3
- Set moving
More clues leading to the result LIGHTNINGUNIT
More clues leading to the result HIE
- Get a move on
- Step on it
- Get the lead out
- Hasten
- Hurry
- Hurry, old style
- Not dawdle
- Shakespeare's "Move it!"
- Go quickly
- Go rapidly
More clues leading to the result ABSCOND
- Skip town
- Scram after a scam
- Bolt from the blues
- Take the money and run
- Run away (with)
- Bolt
- Hurry off and hide
- Sneak off and hide
- Run off suddenly
- Leave with the loot
More clues leading to the result RUNLIKEHECK
More clues leading to the result HEADFORTHEHILLS
- "We gotta go, immediately!"
- Cut and run
- Leader's final exhortation to cohorts
- Flee
- Toilet, given to a Fox animated family?
- Flee (and what you must supply four times in this puzzle)
- Scram
- SPLIT
- "Let's get outta here!"
- Go