The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLEES which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2020.
Runs away crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLEES | 46 % | 5 |
| ELOPES | 19 % | 6 |
| DESERTS | 8 % | 7 |
| DECAMPS | 8 % | 7 |
| BOLTS | 8 % | 5 |
| MAKESOFF | 4 % | 8 |
| SCATS | 4 % | 5 |
| BUGSOFF | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Runs away
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- run away
- flees
- ran away
- run off
- fleeing
- escaping
- eludes
- get away
- disappears
- outruns
- absconds
- escape from
Crossword Answer definitions
FLEES verb- To run away; to escape.
- To escape from.
- To disappear quickly; to vanish.
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 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
More clues leading to the result ELOPES
- Runs off to marry
- Weds on the run
- Bolts together
- Saves roughly $80,000 in wedding costs, say
- Runs off romantically
- Goes to Vegas, maybe
- Gets an out-of-state license?
- Takes flight to unite
- Splits to unite
- Bolts with a beau
More clues leading to the result DESERTS
- Barren areas
- Arid places
- Urban areas without access to fresh food, so to speak
- Leaves the Armed Forces illegally
- Gobi and Negev
- Mojave and Gobi
- Reduced rainfall regions
- They may be just
- Strands, or bad places to be stranded
- Forsakes
More clues leading to the result DECAMPS
- Pulls up stakes
- Literally pulls up stakes
- Leaves hastily
- Absconds.
- Vamooses.
- Vamooses
- Flees
- Leaves
- Folds up the tents
- Runs away
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 MAKESOFF
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