The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FLEE , but the solution may also be RACE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Hightail it crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLEE | 27 % | 4 |
| LAM | 11 % | 3 |
| TEAR | 10 % | 4 |
| SCOOT | 8 % | 5 |
| BOLT | 6 % | 4 |
| RUN | 6 % | 3 |
| SCAT | 5 % | 4 |
| SCRAM | 4 % | 5 |
| MAKETRACKS | 3 % | 10 |
| HIE | 3 % | 3 |
| HASTEN | 2 % | 6 |
| HOTFOOT | 2 % | 7 |
| CUTANDRUN | 1 % | 9 |
| VAMOOSE | 1 % | 7 |
| SPEEDAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| RACE | 1 % | 4 |
| DASH | 1 % | 4 |
| SCUD | 1 % | 4 |
| BUGOUT | 1 % | 6 |
| SPEED | 1 % | 5 |
| SKIP | 1 % | 4 |
| RUNLIKEMAD | 1 % | 10 |
| BURNRUBBER | 1 % | 10 |
Why may RACE be the right solution?
The word "race" can mean to compete in a contest of speed, which is a synonym for "hightail it" or to hurry up and move quickly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hightail it
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hightail
- highball
- take to one's heels
- run for it
- do a runner
- make a run for it
- hump it
- hotfoot it
- leg it
- skidoo
- cut and run
- hop to it
Crossword Answer definitions
FLEE verb- To run away; to escape.
- To escape from.
- To disappear quickly; to vanish.
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 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 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 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 SCOOT
- Hightail it
- Hotfoot it
- Go lickety-split
- Motor along the floor
- Move quickly
- Dart
- Go speedily
- Skedaddle
- Shake a leg
- "Get outta here!"
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 RUN
- Duration
- Compete in a race
- Flow
- Turn tail
- Beat a retreat
- Get cracking
- Series, in cards
- Go office-hunting?
- "___ and Tell That" ("Hairspray" song)
- Do like Santorum
More clues leading to the result SCAT
- "Get lost, cat!
- "Get outta here!"
- Fitzgerald's forte
- Go "shooby-doo," or just "shoo"
- Shoo!
- Get outta here!
- Hit the road!
- Ella's forte
- Ella's music
- Get lost!
More clues leading to the result SCRAM
- "Get lost!"
- "Hit the road!"
- Abrupt farewell
- Parting word, of sorts
- "Step off!"
- "Git!"
- "Beat it!"
- "Get outta here, kid! You're bothering me"
- "I said 'go!'"
- Word to a pest
More clues leading to the result MAKETRACKS
- ...like a railroad worker?
- Scamper through the snow
- Leave in a hurry
- Hurry
- See 35 Across
- Leave quickly
- Go quickly
- Hurry up
- SCRAM
- Flee
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 HASTEN
More clues leading to the result HOTFOOT
- Hightail it
- Low-down prank
- Hurry, with "it"
- Shake a leg
- Low-down prank?
- Cruel practical joke.
- Practical joke.
- Go hastily: Colloq.
- Practical joke
- Match prank
More clues leading to the result CUTANDRUN
More clues leading to the result VAMOOSE
- "Get outta here!"
- "Beat it!"
- "You're bothering me!"
- Virginia lodge members get out of here (7)
- Skedaddle
- "Go!"
- "Scram!"
- Take a powder
- Split
- "Git!"
More clues leading to the result SPEEDAWAY
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 DASH
- 100-yard race
- Hotfoot it
- Crush, as one's hopes
- Hurry
- Imprecise cooking measure
- Pinch
- Smidgen
- Bold's competition
- Morse-code symbol
- Recipe amount
More clues leading to the result SCUD
- Gust of wind
- Gulf War missile
- Patriot's target
- Missile
- Patriot missile's prey
- Go like blown clouds
- Move fast, as a cloud
- Desert Storm weapon
- Gulf-war missile
- Sail along, as clouds
More clues leading to the result BUGOUT
More clues leading to the result SPEED
- Floor it
- Risk a summons
- Defy the limit
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Rate of movement
- Velocity
- Exceed the limit
- Risk a ticket
- Ignore the limit
- Going rate?
More clues leading to the result SKIP
- Fail to include
- Leave quickly
- LP problem
- Pass over
- Omit
- Ditch, as class
- Go past
- Green card in a party game
- Ignore, as pre-roll ads
- Uno card