The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Skedaddled crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
RAN | 36 % | 3 |
FLED | 21 % | 4 |
TORE | 11 % | 4 |
VAMOOSED | 6 % | 8 |
RANOFF | 6 % | 6 |
RANALONG | 3 % | 8 |
LEFT | 3 % | 4 |
VAMOOSEO | 2 % | 8 |
STOLEAWAY | 2 % | 9 |
SCAMPERED | 2 % | 9 |
LITOUT | 2 % | 6 |
HIED | 2 % | 4 |
RANAWAY | 2 % | 7 |
SPLIT | 2 % | 5 |
SCOOTED | 2 % | 7 |
SCRAMMED | 2 % | 8 |
Why may RAN be the right solution?
"Skedaddled" is a clue asking for a word that means to leave quickly or hastily. "RAN" fits this clue because it is a verb that means to move swiftly on foot.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Skedaddled
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fled
- ran
- hightailed
- hopped
- flew
- whisked
- moseyed
- snockered
- shooed
- hustled
- wandered
- arrived
Crossword Answer definitions
RAN verb- To run.
- To move swiftly.
- (fluids) To flow.
- (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To make run in a race or an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To be presented in the media.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To be popularly known; to be generally received.
- To have growth or development.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- To speedrun.
- Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
- Open robbery.
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 RAN
- Campaigned
- Operated
- Sought office
- Competed
- Did a 5K
- High-tailed it
- Managed
- Took to one's heels
- Turned tail
- __ through (rehearsed)
More clues leading to the result FLED
- Made a quick departure
- Took off
- Vanished
- Cut and run
- Made a run for it
- Skipped town
- Ran away
- Tried to escape
- Escaped
- Hightailed it
More clues leading to the result TORE
More clues leading to the result VAMOOSED
More clues leading to the result RANOFF
- Photocopied
- Vamoosed
- Lammed or scrammed
- Drove away, as trespassers
- Headed for the hills
- Drove away
- Repelled or reproduced
- Reproduced or split
- Chased away
- Printed
More clues leading to the result RANALONG
More clues leading to the result LEFT
- Dobbin's haw
- Hit the road
- Gone
- Kind of hook
- Not right
- Got out of town
- Progressive people, with "the"
- Pulled out
- Deserted
- Pulled up stakes
More clues leading to the result VAMOOSEO
More clues leading to the result STOLEAWAY
More clues leading to the result SCAMPERED
More clues leading to the result LITOUT
- Left in a hurry, in slang
- Took it on the lam
- Left in a hurry
- Left hurriedly: Slang.
- Left in a hurry: Slang.
- Got away fast: Slang.
- Hit the road.
- Got going.
- Left hurriedly
- Beat it
More clues leading to the result HIED
- Made haste
- Went quickly
- Hustled
- Sped off
- Flew like the wind
- Got out of here but quick
- Rushed along
- Tore
- Made tracks
- Lit out quickly
More clues leading to the result RANAWAY
- Bolted
- Fled
- Left at a gallop
- Took off
- Got out of town
- Turned tail
- "Georgie Porgie ___."
- Took off.
- Escaped
- Skedaddled
More clues leading to the result SPLIT
- 7-10, for one
- Part company
- Depart
- Bowler's bane
- Alley challenge
- Share equally
- Ice cream order
- Undecided
- Ivanisevic's hometown
- Candlepins bummer
More clues leading to the result SCOOTED
- Hightailed it
- Slid (over)
- Made tracks
- Left in a rush
- Went quickly
- Ran like Junior.
- Went quickly.
- Dashed away.
- Scurried off.
- Skedaddled.