Answer to "Take five" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REST which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.

Take five crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
REST88 %4
RELAX3 %5
PAUSE2 %5
RESTUP1 %6
PAUSEFORAMOMENT1 %15
SITBACKANDRELAX1 %15
STOP0 %4
DOZE0 %4
RESTABIT0 %8
STOPAWHILE0 %10
UNWIND0 %6
BREAK0 %5
NAP0 %3

Why may REST be the right solution?

The answer to "Take five" is "REST" because "take five" is a common expression that means to take a short break or rest.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take five

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • five points
  • five hundred
  • fives
  • fivefold
  • take ten
  • fifth
  • take for
  • take it
  • take to
  • fifths
  • take up
  • twenty five

Crossword Answer definitions

REST noun
  1. (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  2. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  3. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  4. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
  5. A final position after death.
  6. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  7. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  8. Absence of motion.
  9. 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.
  10. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  11. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  12. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  13. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  14. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
  15. A set or game at tennis.
REST verb
  1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
  2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
  3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  4. To be or to put into a state of rest.
  5. To stay, remain, be situated.
  6. To lean, lie, or lay.
  7. 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.)
  8. To sleep; slumber.
  9. To lie dormant.
  10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  11. To rely or depend on.
  12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
REST noun
  1. That which remains.
  2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  3. A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
REST verb
  1. To remain.
REST verb
  1. To arrest.

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