The Clue
Piloted (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FLEW
Tags
Notes
The answer FLEW is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Aviated
Raced
Sped
Tore
Whizzed
Whooshed
Zipped (by)
Zoomed
Emulated Daedalus
Hopped a plane
Moved fast
Moved swiftly
Rode on a jet
Took a Concorde
Took a jet
Took off
Went by plane
Whipped along
Winged it?
Gained popular acceptance
Took the red-eye
Went like the dickens
Went like the wind
Went really fast
Traveled like Saint-Exupéry
Definition
FLY as a verb:
1. (fly, wing) = travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
2. move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
3. (fly, aviate, pilot) = fly a plane
4. transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
5. cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
6. be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"
7. change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"
8. (fly, fell, vanish) = pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
9. travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
10. display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
11. (flee, fly, take flight) = run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
12. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
13. hit a fly
14. (vanish, fly, vaporize) = decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"