Clues for the word "RUT"
We've had 261 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 857 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on May 22, 2026.
Definition of rut
- n. - Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
- n. - Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
- v. i. - To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
- v. t. - To cover in copulation.
- n. - A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
- v. t. - To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
Referring Clues
- Truck track
- Groove
- Sticking point
- Tire channel
- 9-to-5 grind
- Furrow
- Same old, same old
- Wheel track
- Same old grind
- Grind, so to speak
- Sticking point?
- Street wear?
- Grind
- Track part
- Tire trapper
- Oxcart's track
- Wagon track
- Track feature
- Boring routine
- Same old same old
- Progress preventer
- Large track
- It's hard to get out of
- You might get in this at work
- Endless 9-to-5 job, e.g.
- Daily grind
- Line at a track
- Dirt road feature
- The daily grind
- Dirt road depression
- Dull routine
- Stagnation, jobwise
- Channel
- Groovy track
- Pothole cousin
- Humdrum existence
- Same-old-same-old
- Wagon trail feature
- Tiresome routine
- Nine-to-five grind
- It's boring to be in one
- Dirt road hazard
- Groove in a muddy road
- Sunken groove
- Rural road feature
- Sunken track
- Steady pattern
- Wagon wheel track
- Unpaved road feature
- Tiresome grind
- It's hard to get out of one
- Bad place to be stuck
- Same old same-old
- Progress impediment
- Trail furrow
- Track in the ground
- Same old thing
- Track impediment
- Monotonous routine
- Bad thing to be stuck in
- Beaten track
- Place to get stuck
- Ho-hum routine
- Travel channel?
- This can be monotonous
- Common place to get stuck
- Deep track
- Dull daily routing
- Same-old same-old
- Dirt-road hazard
- A rat race runner is in one
- Cart track
- Relentless nine-to-five gig, e.g.
- Cause of a bump in the road
- Same-old, same-old
- Wagon wheel depression
- Same-old-same-old situation
- Trench
- Urgent
- Road to nowhere, metaphorically
- Plow furrow
- Boring old routine
- What grading will get rid of
- Cart track, e.g.
- Nine-to-five drudgery
- Boring daily routine
- Mind-numbing work routine
- Something boring
- Rat-race course?
- Dullsville job
- Bad thing to get stuck in
- Same old same old, as at work
- Boring pattern
- Wagon wheel groove
- Too-familiar agenda
- Dirt-road feature
- Repetitive pattern
- Stale routine
- Road furrow
- Bland pattern
- Mind-numbing routine
- Dull life
- Deep groove
- Boring life
- Tire track
- Dull existence
- Long groove
- Dirt road sight
- Tire snagger
- Unchanging grind
- Bad groove?
- Boring thing to be stuck in
- Track
- Groove in a road
- Biker's hazard
- Nine-to-five drudgery, say
- Groovy track?
- Symbol of tiredness
- Fixed routine
- Habit
- Fixed, monotonous
- Humdrum pattern
- Tough thing to be stuck in
- Unfast track?
- Symbol of boredom
- Wagon-wheel track
- Road groove
- Stuck worker's place
- In a ___ (dull routine)
- Dead-end job
- Monotonous lifestyle
- The beaten path
- "wagon train" track
- Dirt road groove
- What some people are stuck in
- Deeply cut track
- In a ___ (bored)
- The old 9 to 5
- Stuck in a ___
- Bad place, job-wise
- Metaphorical low point
- Monotonous pattern
- It's frustrating to be in one
- When ewe are in the mood
- Highway hazard
- A good thing to get out of
- Treadmill, so to speak
- Sign of a well-worn trail
- Hard thing to get out of
- Groove left by a Conestoga
- Wheel groove
- Wagon trail's groove
- Path that wheels keep following
- Rural road track
- Day-in-and-day-out pattern
- Mark on the Oregon Trail
- Muffler mangler
- Tire catcher
- In a ___ (stuck)
- Tire mark
- Routine
- Ditch
- Monotonous situation
- Country road feature
- Monotonous practice
- Boring daily grind
- Pothole relative
- In truth, the depression is lengthy!
- A wheel makes one in turning backwards
- Depression, at length, can be merely routine
- In truth, this can be so monotonous!
- Monotonous, but it could be considered groovy
- In truth, it's groovy!
- In truth, it's a mundane line
- Pity endless sex at a stag party?
- Deep tyre track
- Furrow left by wheel
- Groove worn by wheels
- Bad thing to be in
- Groove made by wheel
- Fixed (and tedious?) course
- Furrow caused by wheels
- Dreary routine produces depression
- Uninspired existence
- In truth, it's monotonous
- Nowhere job, perhaps
- Stagnant situation
- Unexciting pattern
- Deep tire track
- Wearisome routine
- Dreary routine
- Groove in track
- Bachelor leaves dry stag looking for mates
- Dirt road impediment
- There's little change in one
- "Aunt Betty" Middle Class ___
- Grinding routine
- Evidence of frequent travel
- Though monotonous, it's arguably groovy
- Cause of some spinning wheels
- Dead-end job, e.g.
- Regular grind
- Routine's groove
- Groove in a dirt road
- 9-to-5, maybe
- Same old routine
- Back-road hazard
- Monotony metaphor
- Place where you can get stuck
- Getting-nowhere spot
- Unvarying practice
- Frustrating groove
- Groovy maybe, but it's a dead end
- Tedious situation
- Metaphor for boredom
- Muddy track
- Hazard for a hog
- Repetitive routine
- Fixed habit
- Dirt road annoyance
- Forensic evidence of a wheel
- Dirt road issue
- Tired routine
- In truth, it's a thing to get out of!
- Muddy groove
- Unvarying existence
- Dirt road problem
- Humdrum routine
- You might be stuck in one
- Sticking point?
- Tiresome pattern
- Being in one can mean lengthy depression
- Driving hazard
- Primitive road feature
- Metaphor for monotony
- Deep furrow
- Routine that one might get stuck in
- Pattern that's hard to break
- Road depression
- Stuck person's place
- Dirt road indentation
- Groove it's hard to get out of
- Wagon groove
- Groove made by wheels
- Someone may be stuck in one
- Well-worn track
- Dirt road furrow
- "Same old" place to be stuck
- Boring routine, metaphorically
- Dead-end routine
- Street wear?
- Furrow or track in the mud
- Wheel track on a dirt road
- Dull thing to get stuck in
- Moose's mating season
- Tedious routine
- Wheelbarrow groove
- Dull daily routine
- It's boring to be stuck in one
- Don't get stuck in it!
- Mud season hazard
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 02, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 07, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 31, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 21, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 09, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 30, 2025
- Daily American - December 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 09, 2025
- LA Times - October 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 08, 2025
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