Move back
The crossword clue "Move back" is answered by RECEDE, a 6-letter entry. Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RECEDE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RECEDE answer page.
Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 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.
- RESETTLE (1 uses in xd)
- STEPOFF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RECEDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RECEDE, most used first.
- Ebb - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall back - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdraw - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Flow back - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Go back - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Move away - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Slope backward - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Subside - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Talks back to - SASSES, used 58 times
- Go back on a promise - RENEGE, used 46 times
- Take back - RECANT, used 35 times
- Get back - RECOUP, used 32 times
- Move unsteadily - TEETER, used 32 times
- Go back (on) - RENEGE, used 31 times
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