The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MILE , but the solution may also be OUTRUN which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Lap, maybe crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MILE | 50 % | 4 |
| OUTRUN | 50 % | 6 |
Why may OUTRUN be the right solution?
The word "lap" can refer to a circuit or a track, and "outrun" means to run faster than someone else, which could result in lapping them on the track.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lap, maybe
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mile
- lapful
- oval
- knee
- arise
- hem
- lane
- lapel
- rug
- sat
- seal
- sit
Crossword Answer definitions
MILE noun- The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
- Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
- The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
- Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
- (travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
- Any similarly large distance.
- A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
- One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
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- Nine minutes on the treadmill, maybe