Read quickly
The crossword clue "Read quickly" is answered by SCAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 133 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SCAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCAN answer page.
Used 133 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SKIMMED (5 uses in xd)
- SCANNED (3 uses in xd)
- GLANCEOVER (1 uses in xd)
- SKIMPY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCAN, most used first.
- Look over - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Glance over - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Read electronically - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrutinize - used 58 times, most recently in 2016
- Look over quickly - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Read, as a bar code - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Read over quickly - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
- Read a bar code - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Checkout act - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Read bar codes - used 26 times, most recently in 2017
- Do a checkout chore - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Move quickly - DART, used 46 times
- Quickly, quickly - ASAP, used 41 times
- Brown quickly - SEAR, used 37 times
- Goes quickly - HIES, used 32 times
- "Quickly!" - ASAP, used 31 times
- Read quickly - SKIM, used 29 times
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