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 |
| GETOUT | 2 % | 6 |
| RUNAWAY | 2 % | 7 |
| BREAKLOOSE | 2 % | 10 |
| EVASION | 1 % | 7 |
| GETFREE | 1 % | 7 |
| ELOPE | 1 % | 5 |
| BOLT | 1 % | 4 |
| BREAKOUT | 1 % | 8 |
| SNEAKAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| STEALAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| FLEEFROM | 1 % | 8 |
| FLY | 1 % | 3 |
| FTHECOOP | 1 % | 8 |
| GETOUTFROMUNDER | 1 % | 15 |
| CUTANDRUN | 1 % | 9 |
| RIDDANCE | 1 % | 8 |
| FLIGHT | 1 % | 6 |
| BREAKFREE | 1 % | 9 |
| GETCLEAROF | 1 % | 10 |
| DUCKANDRUN | 1 % | 10 |
| SLIP | 1 % | 4 |
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 GETOUT
More clues leading to the result RUNAWAY
More clues leading to the result BREAKLOOSE
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 GETFREE
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 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 BREAKOUT
More clues leading to the result SNEAKAWAY
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 FLEEFROM
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 GETOUTFROMUNDER
More clues leading to the result CUTANDRUN
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
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"