Slacken

The answer

RELAX

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RELAX answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 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.

• ABATE (32 uses in xd)
• EASE (29 uses in xd)
• LETUP (25 uses in xd)
• EASEUP (13 uses in xd)
• EBB (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for RELAX

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

• Take it easy - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Chill out - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Kick back - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Chill - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Unwind - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "Calm down!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• "Take a chill pill!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Loosen up - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stop worrying!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Take a load off - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Take five - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Take a break - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Chill, so to speak - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Hang loose - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "Cool it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Put one's feet up - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Slacken - ABATE, used 32 times
• Slacken - LETUP, used 25 times

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