| 100% | RECESS | 6 | A short break between activities |
| 55% | PAUSES | 6 | Takes a short break |
| 55% | TAKETEN | 7 | Have a short break |
| 54% | CALLSTIME | 9 | Gives teams a short break |
| 54% | BRB | 3 | "Taking a short break" text |
| 53% | BRB | 3 | Texter's "Need a short break" |
| 53% | BRB | 3 | Texter's "Taking a short break" |
| 53% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Have a short break (2 wds.) |
| 53% | HIATUS | 6 | Short break in activity |
| 52% | TAKETEN | 7 | Go on a short break (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TOOKTEN | 7 | Went on a short break (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TAKESTEN | 8 | Goes on a short break (2 wds.) |
| 52% | GAP | 3 | Break between a school year |
| 52% | DOZE | 4 | Short break of a sort |
| 52% | NAP | 3 | Short break of a sort |
| 52% | NAPS | 4 | Short breaks, of a sort |
| 51% | NAPS | 4 | Short breaks taken in a hammock |
| 50% | BRB | 3 | "I need a short break," in a chat room |
| 47% | LULL | 4 | A short moment where there's quiet or no activity |
| 47% | BRB | 3 | Short "I need a short break" |
| 44% | MRI | 3 | It may detect a break, for short |
| 44% | LAIDOVER | 8 | Had a break between flights |
| 43% | INOT | 4 | How a tie may be broken, for short |
| 43% | ADS | 3 | Annoying breaks during a YouTube video, for short |
| 43% | TOOKTEN | 7 | Had a break between 32-Down |
| 43% | SEMI | 4 | Game between a quarterfinal and a final, for short |
| 43% | WLAN | 4 | Cordless connectivity between a group of computers, for short |
| 42% | STOPOVER | 8 | A fairly long break between two scheduled flights |
| 41% | SECS | 4 | What you get if you break a minute down, for short |
| 39% | MLK | 3 | Deliverer of the speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence," for short |