The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAM , but the solution may also be EVADE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Escape crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAM | 24 % | 3 |
| FLEE | 20 % | 4 |
| ELUDE | 12 % | 5 |
| GETAWAY | 8 % | 7 |
| EVADE | 7 % | 5 |
| MISS | 3 % | 4 |
| FLYTHECOOP | 3 % | 10 |
| AVOID | 3 % | 5 |
| RUNAWAY | 2 % | 7 |
| BREAKLOOSE | 2 % | 10 |
| GETOUT | 2 % | 6 |
| BREAKOUT | 1 % | 8 |
| EVASION | 1 % | 7 |
| ELOPE | 1 % | 5 |
| GETFREE | 1 % | 7 |
| BOLT | 1 % | 4 |
| GETCLEAROF | 1 % | 10 |
| FLIGHT | 1 % | 6 |
| BREAKFREE | 1 % | 9 |
| DUCKANDRUN | 1 % | 10 |
| SLIP | 1 % | 4 |
| SNEAKAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| FLEEFROM | 1 % | 8 |
| STEALAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| GETOUTFROMUNDER | 1 % | 15 |
| FLY | 1 % | 3 |
| FTHECOOP | 1 % | 8 |
| RIDDANCE | 1 % | 8 |
| CUTANDRUN | 1 % | 9 |
Why may EVADE be the right solution?
"EVADE" is a synonym for escape, meaning to avoid or get away from something or someone.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Escape
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- get away
- get out
- break loose
- escapism
- get off
- elude
- evasion
- dodging
- get by
- miss
- outflow
- leakage
Crossword Answer definitions
LAM verb- To beat or thrash.
- To flee or run away.
- The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل. It is preceded by ك and followed by م.
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 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 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 ELUDE
- Escape from
- Give the slip to
- Shake off
- Slip by unnoticed
- Get away from
- Slip by
- Avoid
- Manage to avoid
- Dodge
- Get by
More clues leading to the result GETAWAY
- Jailbreak
- Escape
- Vacation
- Con's coup
- Escape.
- Start of a race.
- Escape: Colloq.
- Brief vacation
- Vacation spot
- Elude capture
More clues leading to the result EVADE
- Sidestep
- Use a loophole
- Beat around the bush
- Circumvent
- Duck
- Fail to pay, as taxes
- Give the slip to
- Steer clear of
- Weasel out of
- Avoid
More clues leading to the result MISS
- Get the wrong idea
- Overlook
- ___ Saigon (Broadway musical)
- Pageant contestant
- Pine for
- Flower girl's courtesy title
- Don't connect
- Be nostalgic for
- Feel nostalgic for
- Take a raincheck
More clues leading to the result FLYTHECOOP
- Get away
- Get out of Dodge
- Steal away
- Escape
- Depart abruptly
- Make a break for it
- Take it on the lam.
- Scram
- Flee
More clues leading to the result AVOID
- Sidestep
- Steer clear of
- Steer away from
- Duck
- Keep from occurring
- Stay clear of
- Shun
- Don't confront
- Get out of the way of
- Dodge
More clues leading to the result RUNAWAY
More clues leading to the result BREAKLOOSE
More clues leading to the result GETOUT
More clues leading to the result BREAKOUT
More clues leading to the result EVASION
- Tax no-no
- Tax ___
- Component of a cat and mouse game
- Dodger's specialty
- Noncommittal reply
- Runaround
- Tax crime
- Political tactic
- Dodger's forte
- Taxpayer's crime
More clues leading to the result ELOPE
- Bolt and hitch
- Flee to Gretna Green
- Forgo the reception
- Leave via ladder, perhaps
- Run away
- Run off to the J.P.
- Split to unite
- Take the honey and run?
- Marry in haste
- Run off
More clues leading to the result GETFREE
More clues leading to the result BOLT
- Cloth roll
- Nut's partner
- Cloth unit
- Wolf down
- Fabric measurement
- Make tracks
- Wolf (down)
- Run for it
- Neck ornament for Karloff
- Hightail it
More clues leading to the result GETCLEAROF
More clues leading to the result FLIGHT
- Escape
- Red-eye from the Coast, e.g.
- Standby's desire
- Stairs unit
- Plane trip
- Napoleon's recourse after Waterloo.
- Decampment
- Trip up?
- It's booked before getting caught
- HBO's "___ of the Conchords"
More clues leading to the result BREAKFREE
More clues leading to the result DUCKANDRUN
More clues leading to the result SLIP
- "__ Slidin' Away"
- Lady's undergarment
- Pillowcase
- Fall's prelude
- Lingerie item
- Encounter a banana peel
- Yacht spot
- Take a spill
- Goof
- Cause of a fall
More clues leading to the result SNEAKAWAY
More clues leading to the result FLEEFROM
More clues leading to the result STEALAWAY
- Escape
- Sneak out
- Leave on the sly
- Leave quietly
- Leave unobtrusively
- What Arabs and cares do.
- " . . . and silently ___."
- Start of a well-known spiritual.
- Leave furtively
- Leave surreptitiously
More clues leading to the result GETOUTFROMUNDER
More clues leading to the result FLY
- Eyes from a wall
- Jet
- No-pest strip victim
- Ointment contaminant?
- Screen invader
- Swattable bug
- Birds and bees do it
- Reach new heights?
- Tackle box item
- Soup extra?
More clues leading to the result FTHECOOP
More clues leading to the result RIDDANCE
- Word often heard after "good"
- Sometimes it's good
- Disposal
- "Good ___!"
- "Good ___!" ("Glad you're leaving!")
- Sometimes this is good!
- Escape.
- Disposal.
- Good ___
- This is often good