The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAN , but the solution may also be RAN AWAY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Fled crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
RAN | 70 % | 3 |
RANOFF | 5 % | 6 |
ESCAPED | 5 % | 7 |
RANAWAY | 4 % | 7 |
SHOWEDONESHEELS | 4 % | 15 |
BOLTED | 4 % | 6 |
TURNEDTAIL | 2 % | 10 |
VANISHED | 1 % | 8 |
RAN AWAY | 1 % | 8 |
RANFROM | 1 % | 7 |
MADEARUNFORIT | 1 % | 13 |
DECAMPED | 1 % | 8 |
RANFORIT | 1 % | 8 |
Why may RAN-AWAY be the right solution?
The answer "RAN AWAY" fits the clue "Fled" because it means to quickly leave or escape from a place or situation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fled
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abandoned
- absconded
- bolted
- defected
- departed
- deserted
- displaced
- eloped
- emigrated
- escape
- escaped
- evaded
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 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 ESCAPED
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 SHOWEDONESHEELS
More clues leading to the result BOLTED
- Gobbled down
- Ate and ran?
- Ran
- Securely fastened, as a door
- Downed quickly
- Ran away
- Refused to support one's party.
- Withdrew support from a group.
- Broke with a party, politically.
- Dashed away.
More clues leading to the result TURNEDTAIL
More clues leading to the result VANISHED
- Left no trace
- Went by the board
- Went "poof" into thin air
- Disappeared
- Melted away
- Gone suddenly
- Dematerialized
- Fled.
- Gone
More clues leading to the result RAN AWAY
More clues leading to the result RANFROM
More clues leading to the result MADEARUNFORIT
More clues leading to the result DECAMPED
- Left suddenly
- Departed suddenly.
- Skipped out.
- Fled.
- Cleared out, in a way
- Took down one's tent
- Went on the lam