Break
The crossword clue "Break" is answered by RIFT, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIFT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIFT answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RIFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIFT, most used first.
- Falling-out - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Schism - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Fissure - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Break in relations - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Break in friendly relations - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Split - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Estrangement - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Breach - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Difference of opinion - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Disagreement - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Crack. - used 9 times, most recently in 1981
- Diplomacy breakdown - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Division - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fissure; split - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Major falling-out - 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.
- Take a break - REST, used 268 times
- Break sharply - SNAP, used 119 times
- Break in the action - LULL, used 93 times
- Break suddenly - SNAP, used 77 times
- Break - REST, used 41 times
- "I'd hate to break up ___" - ASET, used 36 times
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