The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BOLTS , but the solution may also be SCATS which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in CrossSynergy).
Leaves in a hurry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOLTS | 31 % | 5 |
| SCATS | 19 % | 5 |
| HIES | 13 % | 4 |
| SCOOTS | 6 % | 6 |
| RUNS | 6 % | 4 |
| SKIPS | 6 % | 5 |
| FLEES | 6 % | 5 |
| JETSOFF | 6 % | 7 |
| BAILS | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leaves in a hurry
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- skedaddle
- scram
- beat it
- scoot
- hightail it
- hike
- skitter
- tear off
- fleet
- book it
- fly out
- pour out
Crossword Answer definitions
BOLTS noun- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To escape.
- Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
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 BOLTS
- Nuts go-with
- Tears (through)
- Charges off
- Crossbow ammo
- Fastening devices
- Eats and runs?
- Leaves in a hurry
- Runs away
- Fabric units
- Hightails it
More clues leading to the result SCATS
- Copies Cab Calloway
- Hightails it
- Sings nonsensically
- Sings like Ella
- Takes off
- Improvises like Ella
- Skedaddles
- Beats it
- Leaves in a hurry
- Takes a powder
More clues leading to the result HIES
- Hotfoots it!
- Hurries along
- Rushes
- Gets a move on
- Gets out of here quickly
- Leaves
- Makes a quick retreat
- Moves in a hurry
- Rushes in the past
- Hastens
More clues leading to the result SCOOTS
- Hightails it
- Skedaddles
- Slides while seated
- Scurries
- Runs fast
- Slides (over), as on a bench
- Hurries
- Moves quickly
- Gets moving
- Goes fast
More clues leading to the result RUNS
- Brook and rill
- Scoreboard units
- Aspires to be mayor, say
- Brave deeds?
- Does some track and field
- Pirates' accumulations
- They're always made at home
- Goes a la Coe
- Baseball stats
- Campaigns
More clues leading to the result SKIPS
- Plays hooky
- Goes past
- Doesn't go to
- Has no class?
- Does without
- Old LP problems
- Goes right by
- Ricochets along a surface
- Leaves in a hurry
- Leaves out
More clues leading to the result FLEES
- Hightails it
- Gets lost
- Takes a powder
- Makes tracks
- Goes on the lam
- Skedaddles
- Gets away
- Skips town
- Takes off
- Makes a run for it