The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OPERATE , but the solution may also be TROT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Run crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OPERATE | 33 % | 7 |
| FLEE | 10 % | 4 |
| TROT | 8 % | 4 |
| MANAGE | 7 % | 6 |
| BLEED | 5 % | 5 |
| LAM | 3 % | 3 |
| RACE | 3 % | 4 |
| FLOW | 2 % | 4 |
| HIE | 2 % | 3 |
| LOPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SPATE | 2 % | 5 |
| DIRECT | 2 % | 6 |
| HOSEMISHAP | 1 % | 10 |
| ADMINISTER | 1 % | 10 |
| BOLT | 1 % | 4 |
| COST | 1 % | 4 |
| SCOREINBASEBALL | 1 % | 15 |
| STREAK | 1 % | 6 |
| OVERSEE | 1 % | 7 |
| SCOOT | 1 % | 5 |
| DELIVERYROUTE | 1 % | 13 |
| SPEED | 1 % | 5 |
| COURSE | 1 % | 6 |
| LEGIT | 1 % | 5 |
| STOCKINGWOE | 1 % | 11 |
| SNAGINONESNYLON | 1 % | 15 |
| LADDER | 1 % | 6 |
| JOG | 1 % | 3 |
| SEEP | 1 % | 4 |
| SEEKASENATESEAT | 1 % | 15 |
| TREND | 1 % | 5 |
| SMUGGLE | 1 % | 7 |
| CREEK | 1 % | 5 |
| AVERAGE | 1 % | 7 |
| STRING | 1 % | 6 |
| ONTHELOOSE | 1 % | 10 |
| RIVULET | 1 % | 7 |
| SERIES | 1 % | 6 |
| LAST | 1 % | 4 |
| SALMONMIGRATION | 1 % | 15 |
| PANTYHOSEMISHAP | 1 % | 15 |
| HOMER | 1 % | 5 |
| SCAMPER | 1 % | 7 |
| STOCKINGTROUBLE | 1 % | 15 |
| SCORE | 1 % | 5 |
| HARE | 1 % | 4 |
| CANTER | 1 % | 6 |
| SNAG | 1 % | 4 |
| SCURRY | 1 % | 6 |
| SPREADRAPIDLY | 1 % | 13 |
| HOTFOOTIT | 1 % | 9 |
| GOTTA | 1 % | 5 |
Why may OPERATE be the right solution?
"Run" can be a synonym of "operate," meaning to control or manage the functioning of a machine or system.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Run
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- operate
- drive
- pass
- carry
- play
- extend
- endure
- move
- test
- lead
- lean
- unravel
Crossword Answer definitions
OPERATE verb- To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
- To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- To produce, as an effect; to cause.
- To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
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 OPERATE
- Conduct business
- Run
- Cut to the bone, say
- Fix an organ, maybe
- Get under someone's skin, perhaps?
- Work
- Drive or work
- Manage
- Make work
- Do surgery
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 TROT
- Fox or turkey chaser
- Hot to __ (eager)
- Medium pace
- Hambletonian gait
- Horse walk
- Gait
- Horse's gait
- Sulky contest
- __ out (introduce)
- Scamper
More clues leading to the result MANAGE
- Control the use
- Operate
- Run a squad
- Get by
- Supervise
- Run
- Oversee
- Lead from the dugout
- Do a baseball job
- Run a team
More clues leading to the result BLEED
- Extort
- Run
- Run in the wash
- "Let It ___" (Rolling Stones album)
- See 29-Across
- Evidence a pinprick
- Extort money from
- Run over the edge, as ink
- Tend to the radiator
- Run, as dye
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 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 FLOW
- Be river-like
- Chart type
- Circulate
- Ebb antonym
- Move like the Mississippi
- Move like a river
- Ebb's partner
- Rapping skill
- Move along
- Rapper's skill
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 LOPE
- Easygoing gait
- Playwright __ de Vega
- Run easily
- Canter
- Relaxed gait
- Slow gait
- Easy pace
- Gangly pace
- Bound
- Run in long strides
More clues leading to the result SPATE
- Sudden outpouring of PATES?
- Deluge
- Outbreak
- Avalanche
- Flash flood
- Sudden flood
- Rash
- Torrent
- Outpouring
- Sudden outburst
More clues leading to the result DIRECT
- Call the shots
- In a straight line
- Set the scene?
- Straightforward
- Taking no detours
- Sans stopovers
- Follow in Fellini's footsteps
- Not beating around the bush
- Person-to-person
- Without stops or detours
More clues leading to the result HOSEMISHAP
More clues leading to the result ADMINISTER
- Run
- Officially give, as a exam
- Dispense.
- Superintend
- Pastor who pitches?
- Deliver
- Supervise
- Actor who plays a clergy member in commercials?
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 COST
- __-effective
- __-justify (make a business case for)
- Asking price
- Price
- Part of COLA
- Sell for
- Go for
- "What does it ___?"
- Number on a jacket
- Tag line?
More clues leading to the result SCOREINBASEBALL
More clues leading to the result STREAK
- Mean, for one
- Unbroken series of events
- BLITZEN
- Look natural on a baseball field, say
- Run out of gear?
- Unbroken run
- Uninterrupted series
- Window cleaner's blemish
- Barely run?
- Demonstrate raw speed?
More clues leading to the result OVERSEE
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 DELIVERYROUTE
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 COURSE
- Flow swiftly
- Route or heading
- Eighteen holes
- Golf layout
- Route
- Eighteen holes, usually
- Rush
- Soup or salad
- Way to go
- Series of classes
More clues leading to the result LEGIT
- Theatre term
- Lawful
- On the up and up
- For real
- Kosher
- Perfectly acceptable
- Not bogus
- Aboveboard
- Authentic
- Hardly bogus
More clues leading to the result STOCKINGWOE
More clues leading to the result SNAGINONESNYLON
More clues leading to the result LADDER
- Fireman's device
- Stocking run
- Route to the roof
- Corporate structure?
- Hook partner
- Item on a fire engine
- Fire engine gear
- Fire truck feature
- Treehouse feature
- Path to success
More clues leading to the result JOG
- Sunday run
- Hit the track
- Lope along
- Way to exercise
- Run through Central Park
- Quick workout
- Remind
- Track outing
- Trot
- Sustainable running pace
More clues leading to the result SEEP
- Ooze
- Trickle down
- Enter slowly
- Filter through
- Percolate
- Slip through the cracks?
- Slow flow
- Run
- Trickle
- Creep out
More clues leading to the result SEEKASENATESEAT
More clues leading to the result TREND
- The latest in fashion
- Current style, as in fashion
- Election-night data
- Movement
- Slant
- Drift
- Fashion
- It's in
- Analyst's result
- Be the subject of many posts
More clues leading to the result SMUGGLE
- Slip past customs
- Carry illicitly
- Transport illegally
- Convey sneakily
- Bring across the border illegally
- Sneak across the border
- Ignore local customs?
- Import secretly.
- Engage in rumrunning
- Defy customs
More clues leading to the result CREEK
- Skinny-dipping spot
- Tributary, maybe
- Battle of Wilson's ___ (early Civil War engagement)
- 39 Across water hazard, often
- Up the ___ without a paddle
- Up the ___ (in trouble)
- Small stream
- Small flower?
- Alabama native
- Battle ___, Michigan
More clues leading to the result AVERAGE
- No great shakes
- Mediocre
- A dime a dozen
- C
- Mean relative?
- Run-of-the-mill
- At C level?
- Not outstanding
- Normal
- Middle of the road
More clues leading to the result STRING
- Piano piece?
- Guitar part
- Yoyo part
- Toy for a kitten
- Kite-flying supply
- One of four on a violin
- Yo-yo part
- Kind of bikini
- Kind of quartet
- Cat's plaything
More clues leading to the result ONTHELOOSE
- Running free
- Running around free
- Unconfined
- At large
- Like an escapee
- Free
- Running amok
- At liberty.
- Free.
- Free: Slang.
More clues leading to the result RIVULET
More clues leading to the result SERIES
- Network offering
- Sequence
- "The Baby-Sitter's Club" or "Nancy Drew," e.g.
- Episodic TV show
- String of things
- It's just one thing after another
- Recurring drama
- Group of related chemical elements
- Trilogy or tetralogy
- Sequence of terms combined by addition
More clues leading to the result LAST
- Most up-to-date
- "The ____ of the Mohicans"
- Like a rotten egg?
- Shoemaker's need
- Endure
- Hold out
- Ultimate
- Word before laugh or straw
- ___, but not least...
- Bottom-feeder's place in the standings
More clues leading to the result SALMONMIGRATION
More clues leading to the result PANTYHOSEMISHAP
More clues leading to the result HOMER
- Semi-legendary Greek poet
- Baseball player's goal
- Fourbagger
- Odyssey author
- Local team supporter
- Boston-born painter
- Even he nods
- Ancient raconteur
- Author of two epics
- Over-the-Monster shot
More clues leading to the result SCAMPER
- Frolic
- Run like a rabbit
- Run like a chipmunk
- Zip
- Run playfully
- Run like a mouse.
- A quick hurried run.
- Rush about.
- Playful scurry.
- Run
More clues leading to the result STOCKINGTROUBLE
More clues leading to the result SCORE
- Accompanying music
- Come home
- This clue's number
- 20
- Best Original __ for a Motion Picture
- Soccer player's goal
- Step on the plate
- Ten plus ten
- Manage to buy
- Cut a groove in
More clues leading to the result HARE
- Aesop loser
- Aesop racer
- Fabled race loser
- Grown-up leveret
- Race loser of fable
- Hound's prey
- Leporine creature
- Long-eared lagomorph
- Storied loser
- Fabled fast starter
More clues leading to the result CANTER
- Racing gait
- Easy gallop
- Horse's gait
- Gait in 3/4 time
- Gait
- Slow gallop
- Gait in dressage
- Gait between trot and gallop
- Equine pace
- Equine gait
More clues leading to the result SNAG
- Glitch
- Hidden obstacle
- Unforeseen obstacle
- Unforseen problem
- Cause of a run
- Hangup in the negotiations
- Hoisery mishap
- Run producer
- Stocking spoiler
- Unforseen obstacle
More clues leading to the result SCURRY
- Run
- Hustle
- Scamper
- Rush
- Proceed hurriedly
- Move like a beetle
- Run like a rodent
- Hasten
- Flee, mouse-style
- Move like a squirrel