The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SPUN which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Went around crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPUN | 22 % | 4 |
| BYPASSED | 17 % | 8 |
| DETOURED | 11 % | 8 |
| ROTATED | 11 % | 7 |
| AVOIDED | 11 % | 7 |
| EDDIED | 6 % | 6 |
| ENCIRCLED | 6 % | 9 |
| RINGED | 6 % | 6 |
| SKIRTED | 6 % | 7 |
| ORBITED | 6 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Went around
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- went round
- ran around
- got around
- went around the houses
- came around
- was around
- rang around
- went all around the houses
- went round the houses
- went all round the houses
- came round
- did the rounds
Crossword Answer definitions
SPUN verb- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- (of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To move swiftly.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
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 SPUN
- Swirled
- Went around in circles
- Worked on a web
- Told, as a tale
- Whirled
- Did a pirouette
- Worked on a wheel
- Like some sugar
- Like spider webs
- Twirled
More clues leading to the result BYPASSED
More clues leading to the result DETOURED
- Changed course
- Went around
- Took a roundabout route
- Avoided traffic, perhaps
- Went in a circuitous way.
- Used the long route
- Went circuitously
- Used an alternate route perforce
- Redirected
- Took an alternate route
More clues leading to the result ROTATED
- Spun
- Took turns
- Turned on an axis
- Did a tire-maintenance job
- Turned
- Repositioned, as tires
- Took turns in succession
- Went around
- Went round and round
- Switched around
More clues leading to the result AVOIDED
- Ducked
- Didn't go there
- Wouldn't go near
- Wasn't struck by
- Eschewed
- Went around
- Bypassed
- Kept away from
- Steered clear of
- Kept from happening
More clues leading to the result EDDIED
- Went around in circles, in a way
- Swirled
- Made a watery swirl
- Whirled
- Swirled, as a whirlpool
- Flowed in circles
- Went down the drain
- Circulated, in a way
- Moved in whirling manner.
- Swirled.
More clues leading to the result ENCIRCLED
More clues leading to the result RINGED
More clues leading to the result SKIRTED
- Evaded, as an issue
- Lay on the edge of
- Sidestepped
- ___ the issue (hemmed and hawed)
- Avoided
- Got around
- By-passed.
- Circumvented
- Took the long way round
- Edged along