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 |
| SKIP | 1 % | 4 |
| CUTANDRUN | 1 % | 9 |
| BUGOUT | 1 % | 6 |
| SPEEDAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| BURNRUBBER | 1 % | 10 |
| SCUD | 1 % | 4 |
| RUNLIKEMAD | 1 % | 10 |
| DASH | 1 % | 4 |
| VAMOOSE | 1 % | 7 |
| SPEED | 1 % | 5 |
| RACE | 1 % | 4 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result CUTANDRUN
More clues leading to the result BUGOUT
More clues leading to the result SPEEDAWAY
More clues leading to the result BURNRUBBER
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 RUNLIKEMAD
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 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 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?