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 |
| RACE | 3 % | 4 |
| LAM | 3 % | 3 |
| HIE | 2 % | 3 |
| FLOW | 2 % | 4 |
| LOPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SPATE | 2 % | 5 |
| DIRECT | 2 % | 6 |
| ADMINISTER | 1 % | 10 |
| SCOOT | 1 % | 5 |
| COST | 1 % | 4 |
| HOSEMISHAP | 1 % | 10 |
| STREAK | 1 % | 6 |
| BOLT | 1 % | 4 |
| SCOREINBASEBALL | 1 % | 15 |
| OVERSEE | 1 % | 7 |
| JOG | 1 % | 3 |
| STOCKINGWOE | 1 % | 11 |
| SCURRY | 1 % | 6 |
| COURSE | 1 % | 6 |
| ONTHELOOSE | 1 % | 10 |
| SCAMPER | 1 % | 7 |
| SMUGGLE | 1 % | 7 |
| SNAG | 1 % | 4 |
| SERIES | 1 % | 6 |
| CANTER | 1 % | 6 |
| STRING | 1 % | 6 |
| GOTTA | 1 % | 5 |
| LEGIT | 1 % | 5 |
| CREEK | 1 % | 5 |
| PANTYHOSEMISHAP | 1 % | 15 |
| STOCKINGTROUBLE | 1 % | 15 |
| SEEP | 1 % | 4 |
| DELIVERYROUTE | 1 % | 13 |
| SALMONMIGRATION | 1 % | 15 |
| SEEKASENATESEAT | 1 % | 15 |
| SPREADRAPIDLY | 1 % | 13 |
| SNAGINONESNYLON | 1 % | 15 |
| AVERAGE | 1 % | 7 |
| HARE | 1 % | 4 |
| HOTFOOTIT | 1 % | 9 |
| LADDER | 1 % | 6 |
| SCORE | 1 % | 5 |
| LAST | 1 % | 4 |
| SPEED | 1 % | 5 |
| HOMER | 1 % | 5 |
| TREND | 1 % | 5 |
| RIVULET | 1 % | 7 |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 HOSEMISHAP
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 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 SCOREINBASEBALL
More clues leading to the result OVERSEE
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 STOCKINGWOE
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 GOTTA
- "I ___ Feeling" (Black Eyed Peas earworm that causes brain damage, sorry)
- Must, informally
- Should
- Elvis's "I ___ Know"
- "___ Be This or That"
- Must
- "You __ Have a Gimmick" (Gypsy song)
- She's __ Have It (Spike Lee film)
- "I've ___ Be Me"
- "She's ___ Have It" (Spike Lee film)
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 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 PANTYHOSEMISHAP
More clues leading to the result STOCKINGTROUBLE
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 DELIVERYROUTE
More clues leading to the result SALMONMIGRATION
More clues leading to the result SEEKASENATESEAT
More clues leading to the result SPREADRAPIDLY
More clues leading to the result SNAGINONESNYLON
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 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 HOTFOOTIT
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 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 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 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 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 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