Clues for the word "SCUD"
We've had 92 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 249 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on September 20, 2026.
Definition of scud
- v. i. - To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
- v. i. - To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
- v. t. - To pass over quickly.
- n. - The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
- n. - Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
- n. - A slight, sudden shower.
- n. - A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
- n. - Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Referring Clues
- Gulf war missile
- Hightail it
- Launcher's launch
- Move quickly, as clouds
- Iran-Iraq war weapon
- Missile with a mobile launcher
- Tactical ballistic missile
- Mideast missile
- Gulf war weapon
- Desert Storm missile
- Surface-to-surface missile
- Iraqi missile
- Ballistic missile not known for its accuracy
- Missile used in the Gulf War
- Missile moniker
- Kind of ballistic missile
- Soviet ballistic missile
- Scoot along, like clouds
- Patriot's target
- Patriot missile's prey
- 1991 missile
- Skim along
- Patriot's target in the Gulf War
- Scoot along, as clouds
- Missile in 1990s news
- Race by, as clouds
- Kind of missile
- Missile famously fired in 1991
- Missile used during the first Gulf War
- Low drifting clouds
- Move along, as clouds
- Wind-driven mist
- Desert War missile
- Missile in 1991 headlines
- Emulate a low cloud
- Missile type
- Certain missile
- Gust of wind
- Race by
- Run before the wind
- Gulf War projectile
- Clouds do this on windy days
- Ride the wind
- Missile name
- Emulate certain clouds
- Type of missile
- "Toy Story" dog that shares its name with a missile
- Weapon first used in combat in 1973
- Long-range guided missile
- Patriot target
- Missile of the '90s
- Speed ( as cloud formations)
- Flier since the '50s
- Skim along, as clouds
- '90s missile
- Race along
- Wind driven spray
- Driving shower
- Skim
- Move swiftly, as clouds
- Saddam streaker
- Move along quickly and smoothly
- Move fast (like a cloud?)
- Hurry along (like clouds)
- Move quickly, bringing first of contraband into the south of France
- Move like a cloud
- Sail swiftly before the wind - missile
- Move swiftly and smoothly
- Missile fleet
- Missile bowling over French aristocrats
- A lot of old money for a missile
- Run fast (as before a gale)
- In Ayr, they are barely in it
- Missile
- Sail along, as clouds
- Type of ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the cold war
- Drive before the wind (naut)
- Race about in south of France
- Fly before the wind
- Military Mach 5 flier
- Missile first used in the Yom Kippur War
- Missile variety
- Run out of escudos
- Missile used by Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf war
- Move fast to get a small something to chew!
- Move quickly, as a cloud
- Move fast, as clouds
- Cold War missile type
- Wind-driven clouds
- Move like or with the wind
- Move quickly with the wind, as clouds
- Move fast, as a cloud
Last Seen In
- New York Times - September 20, 2026
- Daily American - July 27, 2026
- Daily American - May 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 05, 2026
- LA Times - January 04, 2026
- Daily American - December 15, 2025
- LA Times - December 14, 2025
- Daily American - December 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 06, 2025
- Daily American - July 07, 2025
- Daily American - July 04, 2025
- New York Times - April 19, 2025
- New York Times - April 12, 2025
- Daily American - February 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2024
- Daily American - July 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 22, 2024
- Daily American - May 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 25, 2023
- Daily American - December 15, 2023
- Daily American - December 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 01, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2023
- New York Times - October 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2023
- And in 219 more crossword puzzles...