Move a muscle
The crossword clue "Move a muscle" is answered by STIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
STIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STIR answer page.
Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 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.
- FLEX (10 uses in xd)
- BESTIR (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for STIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by STIR, most used first.
- Mix with a spoon - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Use a swizzle stick - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Swizzle - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Show signs of life - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Budge - used 36 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Dance move - STEP, used 190 times
- Muscle quality - TONE, used 139 times
- Shoulder muscle, for short - DELT, used 87 times
- Move like molasses - OOZE, used 83 times
- Move, in Realtor lingo - RELO, used 66 times
- Move, in Realtor-speak - RELO, used 62 times
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