Sit tight
The crossword clue "Sit tight" is answered by BIDE, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BIDE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BIDE answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BIDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BIDE, most used first.
- ___ one's time (wait) - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Wait - used 74 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ one's time - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Tarry - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Remain - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Wait patiently - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- __ one's time (be patient) - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Await - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Dwell - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Linger - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- ___ one's time (wait patiently) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Patiently wait - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Wait awhile - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Wait for - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ your time (wait) - used 6 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.
- Stretched tight - TAUT, used 72 times
- Sit for a portrait - POSE, used 62 times
- Tight-fitting - SNUG, used 49 times
- Doesn't just sit there - ACTS, used 42 times
- Pulled tight - TAUT, used 38 times
- Sit - POSE, used 37 times
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