Settled down

The answer

ALIT

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

Used 74 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 14 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.

• NESTED (6 uses in xd)
• CALMED (3 uses in xd)
• ROOSTED (3 uses in xd)
• COOLEDIT (2 uses in xd)
• ALIGHTED (1 uses in xd)

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
• Came to earth - used 71 times, most recently in 2021
• Got off - used 60 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.

• Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
• Touch down - LAND, used 106 times
• Whittle down - PARE, used 103 times
• Pull down - EARN, used 97 times
• Lays down the lawn - SODS, used 89 times
• Tear down - RAZE, used 82 times

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