"Don't touch that ___!"

The answer

DIAL

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

Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 11 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.

• HANDSOFF (2 uses in xd)
• LEAVEIT (1 uses in xd)
• LEAVEITBE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DIAL

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

• Clock face - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Rotary phone feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a rotary phone - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Watch face - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Radio knob - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ M for Murder" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Old phone feature - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Watch part - used 22 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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• In that case - IFSO, used 231 times
• "___ Well That Ends Well" - ALLS, used 158 times
• "Why don't we!" - LETS, used 157 times
• At that time - THEN, used 134 times
• Touch - ABUT, used 134 times

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