"Don't just sit there!"

The answer

MOVE

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

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 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.

• ACT (28 uses in xd)
• TAKEACTION (2 uses in xd)
• MOVEIT (1 uses in xd)
• REACT (1 uses in xd)
• SAYSOMETHING (1 uses in xd)

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
• "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
• Chess play. - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
• "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.

• Just - ONLY, used 190 times
• "Why don't we!" - LETS, used 157 times
• All there - SANE, used 134 times
• Just slightly - ATAD, used 134 times
• "___ there, done that" - BEEN, used 123 times
• Way out there - AFAR, used 104 times

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