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 |
| DART | 4 % | 4 |
| RUN | 4 % | 3 |
| ARROW | 4 % | 5 |
| EAT | 4 % | 3 |
| ROLLOFCLOTH | 4 % | 11 |
| 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 |
| WOLF | 2 % | 4 |
| LEAVESUDDENLY | 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 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 ROLLOFCLOTH
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
More clues leading to the result SPRINTERUSAIN
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