The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CREPT , but the solution may also be INCHED which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Moved slowly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CREPT | 48 % | 5 |
| INCHED | 18 % | 6 |
| EDGED | 9 % | 5 |
| OOZED | 6 % | 5 |
| SNAILED | 3 % | 7 |
| CRAWLED | 3 % | 7 |
| IDLED | 3 % | 5 |
| TRICKLED | 3 % | 8 |
| WADED | 3 % | 5 |
| EASED | 3 % | 5 |
Why may INCHED be the right solution?
The word "inched" means to move slowly or gradually. It is commonly used to describe a slow and careful movement, making it the right solution for the clue "Moved slowly."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Moved slowly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crept
- sneaked
- slunk
- slithered
- baa
- bah
- mort
- lamb
- sheepish
- ewe
- granny
- crop
Crossword Answer definitions
CREPT verb- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
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 CREPT
- Inched
- Inched stealthily
- Moved at a glacial pace
- Moved cautiously
- Moved stealthily
- Acted sluggish?
- Moved on hands and knees
- Barely moved
- Slithered
- Grew like a certain Virginia vine?
More clues leading to the result INCHED
- Crept closer
- Moved like a caterpillar
- Progressed slowly
- Moved slowly
- Made slow progress
- Slowly crept
- Advanced slowly
- Crept
- Moved slowly.
- Crept.
More clues leading to the result EDGED
- Worked on lawn borders
- Beat by a nose
- Moved sideways
- Trimmed the lawn
- Beat by a hair
- Beat in a close one
- Snuck (by)
- Took the lead
- Nosed out
- Bordered
More clues leading to the result OOZED
- Seeped
- Leaked out
- Moved like 48-Across
- Gave off
- Exuded moisture
- Seeped slowly
- Moved like The Blob
- Percolated
- Exuded, as moisture
- Moved like molasses
More clues leading to the result SNAILED
- Went at a crawl
- Moved slowly.
- Dawdled.
- Went very slowly
- Moved like Shakespeare's schoolboy
- Poked along
- Went slowly
- Moved along slowly
- Moved at a crawl
More clues leading to the result CRAWLED
More clues leading to the result IDLED
- Ran without going anywhere
- Twiddled one's thumbs
- Did little
- Waited curbside at the airport, say
- Did nothing
- Ran in neutral
- Took to the hammock
- Ran in place
- Had an off day?
- Wasted time
More clues leading to the result TRICKLED
More clues leading to the result WADED
- Got one's feet wet
- Used hip boots
- Used hip boots, perhaps
- Got one's feet wet?
- Got your feet wet?
- Went like a heron
- Used galoshes
- Avoided wet hair in a pool
- Got one's ankles wet
- Went knee-deep