Something to shake

The answer

ALEG

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 3 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.

• HAND (2 uses in xd)
• BOOTY (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Shake it or break it - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Certain something - AURA, used 65 times
• Does something - ACTS, used 55 times
• "Must've been something ___" - IATE, used 33 times
• "You're something ___!" - ELSE, used 32 times
• Something to scratch - ITCH, used 29 times
• Something to build on - SITE, used 28 times

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