Short rest
The crossword clue "Short rest" is answered by CATNAP, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CATNAP
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CATNAP answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 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.
- BREATHER (3 uses in xd)
- CNAP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CATNAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CATNAP, most used first.
- Forty winks - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Short snooze - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick snooze - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Snooze - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- 40 winks - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Doze - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Short sleep - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Bit of shut-eye - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Short sock - ANKLET, used 73 times
- Rest - REPOSE, used 44 times
- Be short with - SNAPAT, used 33 times
- Tampa neighbor, for short - STPETE, used 25 times
- In short supply - SCARCE, used 24 times
- Lay to rest - ENTOMB, used 22 times
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