The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AVIATE , but the solution may also be SOAR which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Fly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVIATE | 61 % | 6 |
| SOAR | 10 % | 4 |
| TSETSE | 4 % | 6 |
| TEAR | 2 % | 4 |
| WING | 2 % | 4 |
| JET | 1 % | 3 |
| PILOT | 1 % | 5 |
| TAKEWING | 1 % | 8 |
| TEXASLEAGUER | 1 % | 12 |
| BUZZINGNUISANCE | 1 % | 15 |
| OINTMENTSPOILER | 1 % | 15 |
| MIDGE | 1 % | 5 |
| SWATTERTARGET | 1 % | 13 |
| RACE | 1 % | 4 |
| HIE | 1 % | 3 |
| RACEWITHTHEWIND | 1 % | 15 |
| SWATTERSTARGET | 1 % | 14 |
| GNAT | 1 % | 4 |
| ZIPPEREDCLOSING | 1 % | 15 |
| OBSERVERONAWALL | 1 % | 15 |
| BLUEBOTTLE | 1 % | 10 |
| OUTFIELDERCATCH | 1 % | 15 |
| BE FREE! | 1 % | 8 |
| MAKEHASTE | 1 % | 9 |
| FISHERMANSLURE | 1 % | 14 |
| SPIDERSINVITEE | 1 % | 14 |
| TROUTTEMPTATION | 1 % | 15 |
| ASCENDONWINGS | 1 % | 13 |
| SPECKONTHEWALL | 1 % | 14 |
Why may AVIATE be the right solution?
"Fly" is a verb that means to operate an aircraft. "Aviate" is a synonym for "fly" and means to operate an aircraft in flight, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wing
- fell
- fly sheet
- take flight
- pilot
- aviate
- vanish
- flee
- alert
- fly ball
- fly front
- tent-fly
Crossword Answer definitions
AVIATE verb- To operate an aircraft.
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 AVIATE
- Emulate Earhart
- Pilot
- Get some air
- Go toward a touchdown?
- Go up
- Play an ace?
- Soar
- Take to the skies
- Work for United
- Fly
More clues leading to the result SOAR
- Fly high
- Fly like a glider
- Fly like an eagle
- Increase dramatically
- Rise suddenly
- Take wing
- Make like an eagle
- Parasail
- See 12D
- Fly, like an eagle
More clues leading to the result TSETSE
- African bloodsucker
- Bloodsucking fly
- Fearless flyer?
- Sleeping-sickness carrier
- African fly
- Dangerous buzzer
- Plague maker in Africa
- Plague of Africa
- Fly over the Equator
- Dangerous fly
More clues leading to the result TEAR
- Eye drop
- Kind of gas
- Sorrowful drop
- Certain drop
- Eyedrop?
- Pull apart
- React to onion-slicing
- Rip apart
- Speed
- Dotted-line instruction
More clues leading to the result WING
- Buffalo ___
- Throw
- Airfoil
- Flapper?
- Addition
- Buck's partner
- Injure slightly, in a gunfight
- Hockey position
- Chicken piece
- KFC selection
More clues leading to the result JET
- New York gridder
- O'Hare regular
- Nozzle shot
- Squirt
- "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" band
- Essence rival
- Its first issue featured Sugar Ray Robinson's wife Edna on the cover
- Mark Sanchez, e.g.
- New Meadowlands Stadium athlete
- Pitchy
More clues leading to the result PILOT
- Automatic __ (navigation system)
- Cockpit guide
- Wiley Post, once
- Series sample
- 747 flier
- American worker?
- Spirit employee
- Virgin handler
- Airline employee
- TV trial balloon
More clues leading to the result TAKEWING
More clues leading to the result TEXASLEAGUER
- Ball that falls between an infielder and an outfielder
- Short outfield hit.
- Fly that irks a fielder.
- Base-hit
- Hard chance at Shea
- Fly
More clues leading to the result BUZZINGNUISANCE
More clues leading to the result OINTMENTSPOILER
More clues leading to the result MIDGE
- Pesky fly
- Friend of Barbie
- Winged nuisance
- Pesky biter
- Girl in the Archie comics
- Little pest
- Tiny fly
- Tiny biter
- Mosquito-like insect
- Gnatlike insect
More clues leading to the result SWATTERTARGET
More clues leading to the result RACE
- 440 or marathon
- Daytona event
- Indy, for one
- Marathon
- Meet event
- It may be three-legged
- Mile or 10K
- Compete
- Compete with Unser
- Indy 500
More clues leading to the result HIE
- Get a move on
- Step on it
- Get the lead out
- Hasten
- Hurry
- Hurry, old style
- Not dawdle
- Shakespeare's "Move it!"
- Go quickly
- Go rapidly
More clues leading to the result RACEWITHTHEWIND
More clues leading to the result SWATTERSTARGET
More clues leading to the result GNAT
- Airborne pest
- Annoying insect
- Biting insect
- Pesky insect
- Swarming insect
- Tiny insect
- Flying pest
- Mini mosquito
- Pesky flier
- Small annoyance