"Stop!" at sea

The answer

AVAST

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVAST answer page.

Used 27 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. 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.

• BELAY (7 uses in xd)
• LAYTO (2 uses in xd)
• HEAVETO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AVAST

Every other clue in this collection answered by AVAST, most used first.

• Nautical command - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's "Stop!" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's cry - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Salt's "Halt!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Halt!" to a salt - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Nautical call - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Nautical "Halt!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Halt, salt!" - used 21 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.

• Stop - CEASE, used 181 times
• Sea eagles - ERNES, used 94 times
• Arm of the sea - INLET, used 67 times
• Sea duck - EIDER, used 64 times
• Sea birds - ERNES, used 53 times
• Stop on ___ - ADIME, used 53 times

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