Shakes a leg
The crossword clue "Shakes a leg" is answered by HIES, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HIES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HIES answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 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.
- HUSTLES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for HIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HIES, most used first.
- Hastens - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Rushes - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Goes quickly - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Hurries - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
- Makes haste - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Speeds - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Gets a move on - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Makes tracks - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Scurries - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Hustles - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Goes in haste - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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 joint - KNEE, used 250 times
- Arm or leg - LIMB, used 76 times
- Leg part - SHIN, used 58 times
- Leg up - EDGE, used 46 times
- Part of the leg - SHIN, used 38 times
- Part of the leg - KNEE, used 38 times
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