Touched ground
The crossword clue "Touched ground" is answered by ALIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 10 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 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1977. 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.
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 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
- Came to roost - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- 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.
- Get __ the ground floor - INON, used 81 times
- Swampy ground - MIRE, used 49 times
- Ground grain - MEAL, used 36 times
- Soggy ground - MIRE, used 16 times
- Hit the ground - LAND, used 15 times
- Broke ground - HOED, used 14 times
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