Take out

The answer

DELE

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

Used 75 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 10 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.

• DELETE (47 uses in xd)
• ERASE (37 uses in xd)
• DATE (28 uses in xd)
• REMOVE (26 uses in xd)
• OMIT (20 uses in xd)

Other clues for DELE

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

• Strike out - used 68 times, most recently in 2024
• Take-out order? - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• Takeout order? - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Editor's mark - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• Editing mark - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Proofreader's mark - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Cancel. - used 23 times, most recently in 1999
• Remove - used 22 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Take a break - REST, used 268 times
• Take five - REST, used 265 times
• Try out - TEST, used 242 times
• Send out - EMIT, used 240 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.