Clues for the word "RACE"
We've had 480 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 959 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 12, 2025.
Definition of race
- v. t. - To raze.
- n. - A root.
- n. - The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
- n. - Company; herd; breed.
- n. - A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.
- n. - Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.
- n. - Hence, characteristic quality or disposition.
- n. - A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
- n. - Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
- n. - Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
- n. - Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- n. - A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
- n. - The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
- n. - A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
- v. i. - To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
- v. i. - To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.
- v. t. - To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.
- v. t. - To run a race with.
Referring Clues
- Word with arms or foot
- The Iditarod, e.g.
- Regatta
- Family of man
- Battle the clock
- 200-meter, e.g.
- Sprint
- Derby, e.g.
- Mudder's day event
- Derby
- Tear
- Gallop
- Event for which 9-Across is needed
- It starts and ends with a line
- Marathon
- Hurtle
- 100-meter, e.g.
- 440 or 10K
- Humans, e.g.
- One may be on its last leg
- Beat fast
- 10K, for one
- Dash
- 5K or 10K
- Cannonball
- Le Mans event
- 5K, e.g.
- People
- Run for the money
- 10K, e.g.
- What hearts sometimes do
- Preakness, for one
- Skiing's Super G, e.g.
- Tour de France, for one
- A long one may have legs
- Tour de France, e.g.
- See 18-Across
- Talladega event
- Competition
- Put the pedal to the metal
- 10K or marathon
- Marathon, e.g.
- Talladega 500, e.g.
- It may concern arms or contain legs
- What dragsters and some hearts do
- Meet event
- "National Velvet" highlight
- Triple Crown "jewel"
- 10K or 50-yard dash
- Stakes, of a sort
- Triathlon, e.g.
- No place for a false start
- Churchill Downs event
- Participate in the Daytona 500
- Indy 500 or Daytona 500
- Go quickly
- Rally or relay
- Tortoise-and-hare affair
- Subject of "Cannonball Run"
- Ascot event
- Starter's milieu
- 440 or 880
- Speedway competition
- Marathon, for one
- 100-meter, for one
- Hare vs. tortoise event
- Word after rat or flat
- Speed
- Speed contest
- Compete for the NEXTEL Cup
- Something to run in
- Word after horse or rat
- Iditarod, for one
- Optional section on some applications
- Contest of speed
- Daytona 500, for one
- Blow (through)
- Compete in a meet
- Hurry
- See 10-Across
- 5K, for one
- Human ___
- The Kentucky Derby, for example
- Scoot
- Word with car or card
- Go like the dickens
- 100-yard dash, e.g.
- Dash, for one
- Humankind division
- Santa Anita event
- Dash, e.g.
- Basis for a discrimination claim
- Scurry
- Try to beat to the finish line
- Human ___
- Speedway event
- Off-track betting event
- Regatta, e.g.
- Competition on foot
- Timed contest
- 57 Across, e.g.
- Ethnicity
- Hurdles, for one
- Track event
- 5K or marathon
- 10K, for example
- Indy 500, for example
- Compete at Indy
- Go like a shot
- Derby, e.g
- Timed event
- Road rally
- Word with "horse" or "human"
- "Amazing" contest of reality TV
- A long one may have several legs
- Three-legged endeavor
- Track-and-field activity
- Word with "human" and "rat"
- Saratoga action
- "Chariots of Fire" finale
- Tortoise/hare contest
- Quickness contest
- Hearts and minds can do it
- It may be on its last leg
- Betting event
- Mudder's day event?
- Political activity
- Beat quickly, as a heart
- Meet segment
- Go lickety-split
- Emulate Jeff Gordon
- Indy, for one
- Word with "arms" or "drag"
- It's sometimes a drag
- Political competition, e.g.
- Speed competition
- Type of horse
- Word with human or foot
- Campaign
- Political competition
- Run for the money?
- Word with horse or human
- Hispanic or Asian, e.g.
- Equine activity
- Camptown activity
- Go full tilt
- "Seabiscuit" nail-biter
- Beat fast, as a heart
- Election Day lead-in
- Compete against the clock
- Dakar Rally, for one
- Indy 500, e.g.
- Dash or marathon
- Track contest
- Where "They're off!" may be heard
- Sprint, for one
- Sprint or dash
- Marathon or 10K
- Go fast
- Streak
- Petty event?
- Daytona event
- Senate contest
- Rush
- Census form info
- Steeplechase, e.g.
- "the amazing ___"
- Election Contest
- Political contest
- Steeplechase, for one
- Runner's event
- "Chariots of Fire" finale
- Word with "human" and "rat"
- Word with "horse" or "human"
- You can bet on it
- The Tour de France, for one
- Subspecies
- Unscientific human grouping
- Oaklawn offering
- The Arkansas Derby, e.g.
- Relay, say
- America's Cup competition, say
- Horse ______
- Really move
- Political campaign
- Ethinicity
- 5-Down event
- Derby or Steeplechase
- Political campaign
- Timed competition
- Shoot (ahead)
- Go to the tape?
- Derby, for example
- 'The Amazing ___'
- Indy event
- Aqueduct event
- Track competition
- Fight the clock
- Compete on a track
- 5K, say
- It goes to the swiftest
- Relay, e.g.
- See 15-Down
- "Chariots of Fire" highlight
- Zoom
- The Preakness, e.g.
- TV's "The Amazing ___"
- NASCAR event
- Speed test
- Speed along
- Queen's Plate, for one
- Swift current
- Sprint, e.g.
- Easter egg roll, say
- Rev the engine
- Breeders' Cup event
- Certain subspecies
- Daytona 500, notably
- Slalom, e.g.
- Occasion for the fleet
- It may have four legs
- Election Day lead-up
- Artificial water channel
- Clocked contest
- Steeplechase
- Hustle
- Event at a track
- Word with "course" or "horse"
- Move quickly
- Hotfoot it
- Test of speed
- Exceed the speed limit, maybe
- See 65-Across
- It might have four legs
- Ethnic group
- Metaphor for an urgent need
- Marathon or sprint
- Competition for the swift
- What a lover's heart may do
- Sprinter's milieu
- Pennant quest
- Fly
- Sack ___
- Running competition
- 'The Amazing '
- Horse or human follower
- Heat at a meet
- Quest for a pennant
- Meet heat
- Kentucky Derby, e.g.
- Indy 500, for one
- Senate ___
- Cycling event
- Iditarod, e.g.
- Three-legged event
- Compete in a heat
- Subject of much Dave Chappelle humor
- Election lead-in
- Belmont Stakes, e.g.
- Many an Olympics event
- Derby, perhaps
- Campaign ... or campaign topic
- Type of competition
- Ferrari's NYSE symbol
- Event ending "Chariots of Fire"
- Brickyard event
- Olympics event
- 400-meter relay, e.g.
- Word before track and after human
- Pennant contest
- "___ with the devil"
- 100-meter event
- Derby, for one
- Drag, e.g.
- Bicycle competition
- Running contest
- Mill channel
- Proceed expeditiously
- What hearts may do
- Make haste
- Compete in a sack
- Go a mile a minute
- Candidates' campaign
- Census form datum
- Ethnic origin
- 10K, say
- Warrior Dash, for one
- Many a competition
- Villeneuve concern
- Dash or derby
- 500, e.g.
- Heat
- It can be presidential
- Event for Atlanta
- Sprint against others
- Relay, for one
- Head for the finish line
- Fifty-yard dash
- Relay or 40 yard dash
- Compete in a relay
- 50 yard dash, for one
- Competition won by the fastest runner
- "mazing"contest of reality TV
- Indy action
- Try to be the first to break the tape
- 100-yard dash
- Contest in which reversing vehicle gains a point
- Beat too fast, like a heart
- Boston Marathon, e.g.
- Three-legged ___
- It's won by the swift
- Go as fast as you can
- See 5-Across
- Beat quickly, like the heart
- Contest
- Contest for the swift
- Contest to see who is the fastest
- Queen "Bicycle ___"
- What Queen will do with their bicycles
- Bob Marley "Rat ___"
- Dash for best seats
- STP "Couldn't find another way to win the ___"
- What fan will do to ticket sale
- Indie band from Reading, U.K.
- Move fast
- Run one!
- People care when the odds are switched
- Tribe
- See 24
- People in a rush?
- People get a move on
- See 2
- Tribe integrated into the Saracens
- Election lead-up
- People hurry
- Candidates' contest
- See 23
- Indianapolis event
- Run in the blood
- See 22
- Right one to stock
- Stream of people
- See 3
- Be on the fast track?
- Be a rusher?
- Indy happening
- Place for the swift
- See 24 Down
- Studs Terkel book of 1992
- Olympic event, often
- The ___ is not to the swift ...: Ecclesiastes
- Contest between Atalanta and Hippomenes
- Move swiftly
- Caucus ___ (Wonderland event)
- Census category
- Run for water
- People move fast
- See 1
- See 21 Across
- See 21
- Runs excellent competition
- Struggle with enemy nation has Enigmatist out to catch one
- See 25
- See 12
- Strong current
- Census datum
- Contest for runners
- Event where the winner is the one who finishes the fastest
- Triple Crown segment
- Drag, say
- Pre-election activity
- Thing for the swift
- 1,000-meter, e.g.
- Try to outsprint
- Run like mad
- 200-meter event
- Relay or dash
- Beat really fast
- Motocross or 500, e.g.
- Right card for contest
- "Great" TV event
- Grand Prix, e.g.
- Run against others
- Brickyard 400, e.g.
- Ethnicity contest
- Presidential competition
- See who's faster
- Velodrome event
- Election preceder
- 10K event
- Word after rat or road
- Subject of many essays by W.E.B. Du Bois
- What lovers' hearts do
- Compete in super-G, say
- It may be three-legged
- Compete
- 100-yard dash, for one
- Charioteers' event
- Do a triathlon
- See 58-Across
- Event with a finish line
- Beat quickly
- Pimlico event
- Colorlines.com subject
- Iditarod or Ironman
- Ultramarathon, e.g.
- Campaign ... or a campaign topic
- Tour de France, for instance
- Super-G, e.g.
- Candidate’s concern
- Triathlon, for one
- ___ against the clock
- Participate in a relay
- The Boston Marathon, for one
- Pennant ___
- Clear hurdles, say
- Thing a kid may be challenged to
- Indy 500 event
- Run a marathon
- With 107-Across, bad sort of competition
- "Mario Kart" competition
- Word after "Space" or "alien"
- 5-Across event
- Candidate’s focus
- Event for Kendall Ellis
- Time trial, e.g.
- Competition for Perdita Felicien
- "So You Want To Talk About ___" (Ijeoma Oluo book)
- Daytona 500, for example
- Fun run, for one
- 200-yard dash, for one
- Drive very fast
- Derby Day event
- See 59-Down
- Dash against others
- Twin Cities Marathon, for example
- "Rat ___"
- Competitive event
- Dash (away)
- Talladega Superspeedway event
- "RuPaul's Drag ___ All Stars"
- Monaco Grand Prix, e.g.
- See 38-Across
- Go very fast
- NASCAR contest
- "So You Want to Talk About ___"
- Vie at Daytona
- "___ Matters" (Cornel West book)
- Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want to Talk About ___"
- Make tracks
- Subject for Raquel Willis
- Candidate's focus
- ___ to the bottom
- People in a rush?
- Go, go, go
- Ultramarathon, for example
- Marathon or 5K
- Competition in which speed matters
- Mile run or marathon
- "RuPaul's Drag ___"
- Hightail it
- What hearts and horses might do
- Cross-country event
- Run time?
- Marathon, for example
- Competition for runners
- Sporting event in "Turbo" and "Cars"
- Formula One event
- Many an Olympic event
- Event for the swift
- Rev in neutral
- Tour de France, for example
- Event in "Cars"
- Something ending in "K," perhaps
- Many a dog agility competition
- Fun run, e.g.
- Election year focus
- Ironman triathlon or the Iditarod
- Election campaign
- Campaign for office
Last Seen In
- New York Times - April 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 23, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 15, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2025
- LA Times - February 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 07, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 29, 2024
- Daily American - December 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 17, 2024
- Daily American - November 25, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2024
- New York Times - November 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 24, 2024
- USA Today - September 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 09, 2024
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