Sit for a bit

The answer

REST

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

Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REST

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

• Take a break - used 268 times, most recently in 2026
• Take five - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a breather - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
• Take it easy - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
• Remainder - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Take ten - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical pause - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Breather - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• What's left - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Kick back - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Relax - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a nap - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Balance - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Break - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Leftovers - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical symbol - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Take a load off - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pause - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Musical silence - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Caesura - used 27 times, most recently in 2009
• Relaxation - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Repose - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Take a siesta - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of R&R - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Catch one's breath - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Staff symbol - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Others - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Nap - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Sit for a spell - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical sign - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Put one's feet up - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Conclude one's case - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Medical advice, often - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "I ___ my case" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical notation - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Observe the Sabbath - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Time off - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Unwind - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Doctor's order - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• "The __ is history" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Chill out - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of R and R - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Seventh-day activity - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Recharge one's batteries - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Sit a spell - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• What's left over - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Word with bed or head - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Doctor's advice - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Sheet-music symbol - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• The first "R" of R&R - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Use a hammock - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Downtime - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "Give it a ___!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Siesta - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Vacation goal - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ assured ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Chill - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Everything else - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Hit the hammock - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Lie down for a bit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical interval - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Score symbol - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Support. - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
• Take a timeout - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• There's none for the weary - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Time out - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Musical break - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Peace of mind - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Relaxation's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Staff break? - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Unused portion - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• You may take it lying down - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Abide. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• Lie down for a while - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Musical mark - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• One "R" in R&R - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Silence between notes - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Sleep - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Slumber - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Staycation goal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop exercising for a while - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop introducing evidence - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Take a nap, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "The ___ is silence" (Hamlet's last words) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "And now, the ___ of the story" - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Be still - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Chill, so to speak - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of period or home - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Lie - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical marking - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Pause that refreshes - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Respite - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop for a bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Take a time-out - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The first "R" in "R & R" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• The others. - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Tranquillity - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Tiny bit - IOTA, used 286 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times

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