Break down
The crossword clue "Break down" is answered by PARSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PARSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARSE answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PARSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARSE, most used first.
- Analyze grammatically - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Break down grammatically - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Analyze, as a sentence - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Analyze a sentence - used 15 times, most recently in 2003
- Break down, in a way - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Dissect grammatically - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Analyze syntactically - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Break down, as a sentence - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Describe grammatically - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Analyze grammar - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Analyze in English class - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Analyze minutely - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Analyze sentences - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Break down a sentence - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Give the syntax of. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
- Analyze, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Diagram a sentence - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Diagram, as a sentence - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Dissect a sentence - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Dissect, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Analyze - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Do a grammar chore - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Examine grammatically - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Takes a break - RESTS, used 135 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
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