The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLEES , but the solution may also be DARTS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Bolts crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLEES | 16 % | 5 |
| SCRAMS | 11 % | 6 |
| ESCAPES | 11 % | 7 |
| GETSAWAY | 11 % | 8 |
| RIVETS | 5 % | 6 |
| FABRICROLLS | 5 % | 11 |
| DECAMPS | 5 % | 7 |
| LIGHTNINGSHAFTS | 5 % | 15 |
| LOCKS | 5 % | 5 |
| DASHES | 5 % | 6 |
| EXITS | 5 % | 5 |
| ARROWS | 5 % | 6 |
| HIGHTAILSIT | 5 % | 11 |
| DARTS | 5 % | 5 |
Why may DARTS be the right solution?
"DARTS" can refer to both the small pointed missiles used in the game of darts and also to sudden quick movements, which can be described as "bolts."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bolts
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
FLEES 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 FLEES
- Hightails it
- Gets lost
- Takes a powder
- Makes tracks
- Goes on the lam
- Skedaddles
- Gets away
- Skips town
- Takes off
- Makes a run for it
More clues leading to the result SCRAMS
- Hightails it
- Gets the heck out of Dodge
- Splits
- Beats it
- Hits the road
- Gets out
- Takes a powder
- Skedaddles
- Clears out
- Beats it.
More clues leading to the result ESCAPES
- Flees
- Gets away
- Some are narrow
- Houdini's heroics
- Digs a tunnel, possibly
- Gets free
- Houdini feats
- Joint ventures?
- Manages to get away
- Bolts
More clues leading to the result GETSAWAY
More clues leading to the result RIVETS
- Holds, as attention
- Rosie's bucketful
- Engrosses
- Girder holders
- Spellbinds
- Holds, as one's attention
- Fixes firmly
- Metal pins used by World War II's Rosie
- Construction fasteners
- Hardware for Rosie
More clues leading to the result FABRICROLLS
More clues leading to the result DECAMPS
- Pulls up stakes
- Literally pulls up stakes
- Leaves hastily
- Absconds.
- Vamooses.
- Vamooses
- Flees
- Leaves
- Folds up the tents
- Runs away
More clues leading to the result LIGHTNINGSHAFTS
More clues leading to the result LOCKS
- Secures
- Shuts securely
- Wrestling holds
- Canal features
- Parts of the Panama Canal
- Yale produces them
- Security devices
- Hair
- Tresses
- Secures using a key
More clues leading to the result DASHES
- Sprints
- Spice sprinklings
- Hurries away
- Makes a run for it
- Longs in Morse code
- Some telegraphy signals
- Races
- Marathons they're not
- Bolts
- Causes for pauses
More clues leading to the result EXITS
- Some doors
- Takes off
- Splits
- Departs
- Branches out?
- Labyrinth's goals
- Turnoffs
- Maze goals
- 12-Down sights
- Escape routes
More clues leading to the result ARROWS
- Some road signs
- Hood's weapons
- Slings' mates
- Bolts
- Hood's supply
- Cursor-moving keys
- Bolts from Tell
- Tell weapons
- Pointers
- Tell ammo