The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RESTS , but the solution may also be CESURAS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Breaks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RESTS | 28 % | 5 |
| TAMES | 9 % | 5 |
| GAPS | 9 % | 4 |
| SNAPS | 8 % | 5 |
| RESPITES | 5 % | 8 |
| HIATUSES | 5 % | 8 |
| TAKESTEN | 4 % | 8 |
| SCHISMS | 4 % | 7 |
| VIOLATES | 3 % | 8 |
| PAUSES | 3 % | 6 |
| RIFTS | 3 % | 5 |
| LULLS | 3 % | 5 |
| RECESSES | 3 % | 8 |
| TAKESFIVE | 1 % | 9 |
| INTERIMS | 1 % | 8 |
| SCHMS | 1 % | 5 |
| LETUPS | 1 % | 6 |
| FRACTURES | 1 % | 9 |
| NEEDSREPAIR | 1 % | 11 |
| INTERLUDES | 1 % | 10 |
| MORATORIA | 1 % | 9 |
| CESURAS | 1 % | 7 |
| STOPS | 1 % | 5 |
| LUCK | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Breaks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- breakage
- fracture
- rupture
- fall apart
- collapse
- breach
- fall in
- burst
- break up
- break off
- break down
- falling out
Crossword Answer definitions
RESTS noun- (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- A final position after death.
- A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- Absence of motion.
- A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- A set or game at tennis.
- To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- To be or to put into a state of rest.
- To stay, remain, be situated.
- To lean, lie, or lay.
- To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- To sleep; slumber.
- To lie dormant.
- To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- To rely or depend on.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- To remain.
- To arrest.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RESTS
- Musical breathers
- Takes five
- Musical stops
- Quiet moments
- Sheet music symbols
- Takes a breather
- Takes a siesta
- Takes a break
- Pauses
- Stops playing
More clues leading to the result TAMES
- Breaks, as a bronco
- Tones down
- Domesticates
- Subdues
- Renders tractable
- Makes less unruly
- Brings under control
- Controls
- Busts broncos
- Breaks, in a way
More clues leading to the result GAPS
- Clothing stores
- Disparities
- Holes, as in a story
- Missing links
- Openings
- Mountain passes
- Missing pieces
- Missing teeth
- Spaces
- Cracks
More clues leading to the result SNAPS
- Photographs
- Fasteners
- Goes postal
- Loses it
- Responds harshly
- Ginger cookies
- Goes ballistic
- Loses one's cool
- Field-goal units practice them
- Flips out
More clues leading to the result RESPITES
- Breaks
- Breathers
- Postponements.
- Lulls.
- Breathing spells.
- Intervals of rest.
- Brief periods of relaxation
- Delays
- Coffee breaks, e.g.
- Postponements
More clues leading to the result HIATUSES
More clues leading to the result TAKESTEN
- Rests a bit
- Goes on a brief break
- Breaks
- Rests a while.
- Pauses
- Rests
- Chills briefly
- Stops for a breather
- Kicks back briefly
- Catches a breather
More clues leading to the result SCHISMS
- Sect creators
- Rifts
- Splits
- Religious rifts
- Deep divides
- Deep rifts
- Disunions
- Deep divisions
- Divisions.
- Fallings out.
More clues leading to the result VIOLATES
More clues leading to the result PAUSES
- Pregnant moments?
- Brief rests
- Takes a breather
- Hiatuses
- Commas signal them
- Obeys a comma
- Short stops
- Stops and waits
- Dash results
- Features of many impromptu speeches
More clues leading to the result RIFTS
- Fallings out
- Beginnings of break-ups
- Fissures
- Sources of frostiness, maybe
- Breaks in the earth's crust
- Schisms
- Breaks in relations
- Differences of opinion
- Estrangements
- Schisms and chasms
More clues leading to the result LULLS
- Slow tlmes
- Downtimes
- Mesmerizes, maybe
- Quiet moments
- Puts to sleep
- Quiet times
- Quiet spells
- Pauses in activity
- Quiet periods
- Breaks in the action
More clues leading to the result RECESSES
- Playtimes
- Courtroom breaks
- School breaks
- Secluded areas
- Grade school time-outs
- Intermissions.
- Adjourns.
- Niches.
- Temporary halts in work.
- School times.
More clues leading to the result TAKESFIVE
More clues leading to the result INTERIMS
More clues leading to the result SCHMS
More clues leading to the result LETUPS
- Abatements
- Pauses
- Lulls
- Breaks
- Pauses: Coll.
- Pauses.
- Slowdowns.
- Pauses between showers.
- Breathers
- Slackenings
More clues leading to the result FRACTURES
More clues leading to the result NEEDSREPAIR
More clues leading to the result INTERLUDES
More clues leading to the result MORATORIA
- Temporary suspensions
- Halts
- Legal authorizations for delay in payments.
- Authorized delays
- Stops
- Suspensions
- Suspensions of activity
- Freezes
- Breaks
More clues leading to the result CESURAS
More clues leading to the result STOPS
- Organ parts
- Cuts out
- Organ settings
- Prepares to frisk, say
- Pulls over
- Puts an end to
- Eggspires
- Quits
- Train schedule towns
- Wards off