Chess play.

The answer

MOVE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOVE

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

• Relocate - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Pull up stakes - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Chess turn - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Out of my way!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shake a leg!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Change addresses - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Chess action - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• "Don't just sit there!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Outta my way!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Get going!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Stir - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Turn in chess - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Budge - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• "Out of the way!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Affect emotionally - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Change places - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Change residences - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Find a new home - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Get up and go - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
• Part to play - ROLE, used 149 times
• Play parts - ACTS, used 131 times
• Play opener - ACTI, used 120 times
• Chess piece - ROOK, used 109 times
• Play group - CAST, used 109 times

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