Shake it or break it

The answer

ALEG

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEG answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALEG

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALEG, most used first.

• "Shake ___!" - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
• Shake ___ (hurry) - used 44 times, most recently in 2022
• "Break ___!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Words after shake or break - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Give ___ up - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Without ___ to stand on - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Something to shake - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Give ___ up (assist) - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Shake ___ (hie) - used 8 times, most recently in 1990
• "Shake __!" ("Hurry up!") - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Take a break - REST, used 268 times
• Break sharply - SNAP, used 119 times
• Break in the action - LULL, used 93 times
• Break suddenly - SNAP, used 77 times
• Break - REST, used 41 times
• Break in relations - RIFT, used 39 times

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