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 |
ESCAPED | 5 % | 7 |
RANOFF | 5 % | 6 |
BOLTED | 4 % | 6 |
RANAWAY | 4 % | 7 |
SHOWEDONESHEELS | 4 % | 15 |
TURNEDTAIL | 2 % | 10 |
RANFROM | 1 % | 7 |
MADEARUNFORIT | 1 % | 13 |
DECAMPED | 1 % | 8 |
RANFORIT | 1 % | 8 |
VANISHED | 1 % | 8 |
RAN AWAY | 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 ESCAPED
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 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 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 TURNEDTAIL
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
More clues leading to the result RANFORIT
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