The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Bolted crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RAN | 38 % | 3 |
| TORE | 21 % | 4 |
| FLED | 10 % | 4 |
| RANAWAY | 6 % | 7 |
| SHUT | 4 % | 4 |
| ATE | 4 % | 3 |
| DARTED | 4 % | 6 |
| MADEARUNFORIT | 4 % | 13 |
| RANOFF | 2 % | 6 |
| SNARFED | 2 % | 7 |
| LEFT | 2 % | 4 |
| RAN AWAY | 2 % | 8 |
Why may RAN-AWAY be the right solution?
The answer "RAN AWAY" fits the clue "Bolted" because it means to quickly flee or escape from a place or situation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bolted
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- barred
- fast
- fastened
- latched
- locked
- secured
- aggregated
- escaped
- fled
- left
- screwed
- sealed
Crossword Answer definitions
RAN verb- To run.
- To move swiftly.
- (fluids) To flow.
- (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To make run in a race or an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To be presented in the media.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- To have growth or development.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- To speedrun.
- Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
- Open robbery.
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 RAN
- Campaigned
- Operated
- Sought office
- Competed
- Did a 5K
- High-tailed it
- Managed
- Took to one's heels
- Turned tail
- __ through (rehearsed)
More clues leading to the result TORE
More clues leading to the result FLED
- Made a quick departure
- Took off
- Vanished
- Cut and run
- Made a run for it
- Skipped town
- Ran away
- Tried to escape
- Escaped
- Hightailed it
More clues leading to the result RANAWAY
- Bolted
- Fled
- Left at a gallop
- Took off
- Got out of town
- Turned tail
- "Georgie Porgie ___."
- Took off.
- Escaped
- Skedaddled
More clues leading to the result SHUT
- Boarded up
- Close
- Padlocked
- Like a front door that's not letting all the cold in, do you think I'm paying to heat the entire outdoors or something?
- Fastened
- Closed
- "___ your trap!"
- Closed tightly
- Occlude
- Sealed
More clues leading to the result ATE
- "Thanks, I already __"
- Absorbed, as a cost
- Bolted down
- Broke bread
- Consumed
- Corroded
- Devoured
- Dined out
- Downed
- Dug in
More clues leading to the result DARTED
- Moved rapidly
- Scooted
- Zigzagged
- Bolted
- Went quickly
- Moved quickly
- Bustled about
- Went swiftly and suddenly
- Moved like a mouse
- Raced suddenly
More clues leading to the result MADEARUNFORIT
More clues leading to the result RANOFF
- Photocopied
- Vamoosed
- Lammed or scrammed
- Drove away, as trespassers
- Headed for the hills
- Drove away
- Repelled or reproduced
- Reproduced or split
- Chased away
- Printed
More clues leading to the result SNARFED
More clues leading to the result LEFT
- Dobbin's haw
- Hit the road
- Gone
- Kind of hook
- Not right
- Got out of town
- Progressive people, with "the"
- Pulled out
- Deserted
- Pulled up stakes