Stop: Naut.

The answer

AVAST

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1984; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 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 (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
• "Stop!" at sea - used 27 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
• "Cease!" at sea - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's "Halt!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Nautical cry - used 18 times, most recently in 2009
• "Stop, sailor!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• "Halt!" at sea - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Halt!" from a salt - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nautical "Stop!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Pirate's "Stop!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stop!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Sailor's call - used 9 times, most recently in 2000
• Sea call - used 9 times, most recently in 1973
• Captain's command - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Skipper's "Stop!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Mariner's "Halt!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Cease!" on the seas - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Halt, matey!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Halt!" on the seas - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Seafarer's interjection - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Seaman's "Stop!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Stop," to a sailor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Caravan stop - OASIS, used 40 times
• Elevator stop - FLOOR, used 40 times
• Put a stop to - CEASE, used 29 times

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