Time out
The crossword clue "Time out" is answered by RECESS, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1949. 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
RECESS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RECESS answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RECESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RECESS, most used first.
- School break - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Courtroom break - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Niche - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Alcove - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Break - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Grade-school break - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Nook - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Playground time - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Schoolyard playtime - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Court break - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Intermission - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Trial separation? - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- When kids get a break - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Come out - EMERGE, used 130 times
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- Draw out - ELICIT, used 101 times
- Pass, as time - ELAPSE, used 82 times
- Out of bed - ARISEN, used 80 times
- Go by, as time - ELAPSE, used 70 times
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