The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GOES , but the solution may also be SOARS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Takes off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
GOES | 28 % | 4 |
DEPARTS | 9 % | 7 |
LAMS | 8 % | 4 |
FLEES | 8 % | 5 |
EXITS | 7 % | 5 |
SOARS | 7 % | 5 |
SHEDS | 5 % | 5 |
DOFFS | 4 % | 5 |
DEDUCTS | 3 % | 7 |
LEAVES | 2 % | 6 |
PEELS | 2 % | 5 |
ERASES | 2 % | 6 |
BOLTS | 2 % | 5 |
SCATS | 2 % | 5 |
HIES | 1 % | 4 |
IMITATES | 1 % | 8 |
DETACHES | 1 % | 8 |
AVIATES | 1 % | 7 |
SETSSAIL | 1 % | 8 |
DESERTS | 1 % | 7 |
TRIMS | 1 % | 5 |
SCRAMS | 1 % | 6 |
SPLITS | 1 % | 6 |
RUNS | 1 % | 4 |
ASCENDS | 1 % | 7 |
REMOVES | 1 % | 7 |
Why may SOARS be the right solution?
The word "soars" is the right solution because it means to rise or fly high in the air, which matches the clue "takes off" in the sense of leaving the ground.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take off
- lift off
- departs
- take flight
- takeoff
- fly off
- take out
- removes
- pop off
- tear off
- detaches
- pull off
Crossword Answer definitions
GOES noun- The act of going.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
- The fashion or mode.
- Noisy merriment.
- A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- (British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- To move:
- (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To attend.
- To proceed:
- To follow or travel along (a path):
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To tend (toward a result).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To pass, to be used up:
- To die.
- To be discarded.
- To be lost or out:
- To break down or apart:
- To be sold.
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- To have a certain record.
- To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
- To say (something), to make a sound:
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- To resort (to).
- To apply or subject oneself to:
- To fit (in a place, or together with something):
- To date.
- To attack:
- To be in general; to be usually.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- To yield or weigh.
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To urinate or defecate.
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 GOES
- "Here __ nothing!"
- Departs
- Takes one's turn
- "Anything __"
- "Who __ there?"
- "Anything ___"
- Leaves
- Takes off
- Hits the road
- Makes a pit stop
More clues leading to the result DEPARTS
More clues leading to the result LAMS
- Escapes
- Flees
- Takes flight
- Takes off
- Retreats
- Skedaddles
- Fugitive flights
- Heads for the hills
- Hightails it
- Flees like a fugitive
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 EXITS
- Some doors
- Takes off
- Splits
- Departs
- Branches out?
- Labyrinth's goals
- Turnoffs
- Maze goals
- 12-Down sights
- Escape routes
More clues leading to the result SOARS
- Flies high
- Flies above all
- Flies like an eagle
- Gets high
- Glides
- Travels by hanglider
- Emulates eagles
- Goes with the eagles
- Gets really high
- Takes to the skies
More clues leading to the result SHEDS
- Backyard structures
- Casts off
- Doffs
- Makes the fur fly?
- Loses a winter coat
- Sloughs
- Drops, as pounds
- Gets rid of
- Tool abodes
- Drops locks
More clues leading to the result DOFFS
- Removes, as a hat
- Flips one's lid?
- Tips a cap
- Takes off, as one's hat
- Tips politely
- Tips in a gentlemanly manner
- Tips to a lady, perhaps
- Tips, as a hat
- Tips one's topper
- Removes, as one's hat
More clues leading to the result DEDUCTS
More clues leading to the result LEAVES
- Skips town
- Sheets you don't sleep in
- Takes a powder
- Takes off
- They may turn color in the fall
- Fall collection?
- Hits the road
- Tea source
- See 19-Down
- Fall fallers
More clues leading to the result PEELS
- Compost heap components
- Removes the rind
- Takes it all off
- Pizzeria shovels
- Banana coats
- Causes of some bad trips, in cartoons
- Spa treatments
- Suffers from sunburn
- Has sunburn woes
- Some cocktail garnishes
More clues leading to the result ERASES
- Rubs out
- Formats
- Wipes off
- Clears away
- Rubs the wrong away
- Deletes
- Does some board work
- Gets the word out?
- Obliterates
- Wipes clean
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 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
More clues leading to the result HIES
- Hotfoots it!
- Hurries along
- Rushes
- Gets a move on
- Gets out of here quickly
- Leaves
- Makes a quick retreat
- Moves in a hurry
- Rushes in the past
- Hastens
More clues leading to the result IMITATES
- Apes
- Copies
- Uses as a model
- Knocks off
- Acts just like
- Does
- Does likewise.
- Follows suit.
- Takes off.
- Attempts to duplicate.
More clues leading to the result DETACHES
More clues leading to the result AVIATES
- Goes up
- Flies
- Uses props, perhaps
- Emulates Waldo Pepper
- Flies an airplane
- Heads up
- Does the Wright thing
- Takes to the skies
- Takes off
- Emulates Earhart
More clues leading to the result SETSSAIL
- Cruises from port
- Casts off
- Leaves port
- Shoves off
- Leaves the harbor
- Leaves, as a cruise ship
- Takes off, in a way
- Embarks on a voyage.
- Starts a voyage.
- Goes to sea
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 TRIMS
- Neatens
- Adjusts the sails
- Decorates
- Adorns
- Does some editing
- Downsizes
- Cuts hair slightly
- Garnishes
- Some barbershop services
- Takes a little off
More clues leading to the result SCRAMS
- Hightails it
- Gets the heck out of Dodge
- Splits
- Beats it
- Hits the road
- Gets out
- Takes a powder
- Skedaddles
- Clears out
- Beats it.
More clues leading to the result SPLITS
- Absquatulates
- Gymnastic maneuvers
- Leaves
- Keglers' nightmares
- Challenging spares
- Bowler's headaches
- Divvies up
- Hits the road
- Bowler's challenges
- Skedaddles
More clues leading to the result RUNS
- Brook and rill
- Scoreboard units
- Aspires to be mayor, say
- Brave deeds?
- Does some track and field
- Pirates' accumulations
- They're always made at home
- Goes a la Coe
- Baseball stats
- Campaigns