The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ESCAPE , but the solution may also be LAM which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in New York Times).
Getaway crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ESCAPE | 56 % | 6 |
| LAM | 25 % | 3 |
| TRIP | 13 % | 4 |
| SPA | 6 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Getaway
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lam
- pickup
- jailbreak
- absconding
- escape
- fugitive
- evasion
- run
- avoidance
- pursuit
- stolen
- trip
Crossword Answer definitions
ESCAPE noun- The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- Escape key
- The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- A successful shot from a snooker position.
- A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
- That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
- A sally.
- An apophyge.
- To get free; to free oneself.
- To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
- To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
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 ESCAPE
- Break loose
- Make like Houdini
- "The Great _____"
- Get out of Alcatraz, perhaps
- Break out
- Pleasant distraction
- "The 39 Steps" event
- "The Shawshank Redemption" climax
- Houdini feat
- Jailbreak
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 TRIP
- Sojourn
- Set off
- Stumble
- Memorable entrance
- Word with ego or field
- Junket
- Ungraceful entrance
- __ the light fantastic
- Acid effect
- Honeymoon, e.g.