Came to roost
The crossword clue "Came to roost" is answered by ALIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALIT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALIT, most used first.
- Landed - used 486 times, most recently in 2026
- Touched down - used 243 times, most recently in 2026
- Dismounted - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
- Came down - used 186 times, most recently in 2025
- Came down to earth - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Stepped down - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Came to rest - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
- Got down - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Settled down - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Came to earth - used 71 times, most recently in 2021
- Got off - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Settled - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Landed (on) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Set down - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Descended - used 27 times, most recently in 2017
- Disembarked - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Hit the ground - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Touched ground - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Touched the tarmac - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Made a touchdown - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Settled (on) - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Got off a horse - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Deplaned - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Perched. - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Settled on a branch, as a bird - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Put down - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Returned to earth - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Returned to the perch - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Made it to the ground - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Reached terra firma - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Finished hang gliding - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Landed on a perch - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a landing - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Came in for a landing - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Came to perch - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Touched the ground - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Came back to earth - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Finished parasailing - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Hit terra firma - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Stepped off - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Roosted - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Stopped flying - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Came to - WOKE, used 28 times
- Came out with - SAID, used 24 times
- Caesar's "I came" - VENI, used 17 times
- Came apart at the seams - TORE, used 17 times
- I came: Lat. - VENI, used 10 times
- Came and ___ - WENT, used 8 times
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