Shake a leg
The crossword clue "Shake a leg" is answered by HASTEN, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1982. 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
HASTEN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HASTEN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HASTEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by HASTEN, most used first.
- Speed up - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Accelerate - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Expedite - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Get a move on - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Hurry - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hurry up - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Make tracks - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Move fast - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pick up the pace - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Rush - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Waste no time - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Leg bone - FIBULA, used 15 times
- Leg bones - TIBIAS, used 13 times
- Shake - TREMOR, used 12 times
- Gives a leg up - BOOSTS, used 11 times
- Leg joints - ANKLES, used 11 times
- Shake a leg - HUSTLE, used 10 times
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