"Stop that!"

The answer

DONT

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

Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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.

• HEY (6 uses in xd)
• KNOCKITOFF (4 uses in xd)
• CUTITOUT (3 uses in xd)
• QUITIT (3 uses in xd)
• IXNAY (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for DONT

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

• Word of warning - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Prohibition. - used 20 times, most recently in 2006
• Warning word - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• "Cut it out!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Parent's warning - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Stop it!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Parental warning - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Cut that out!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Terse warning - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stop!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Bad idea" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Common contraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ even go there!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ Fence Me In" - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• "___ tread on me" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Mother's admonition - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "__ you dare!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ say!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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
• "Bus Stop" playwright - INGE, used 177 times
• "___ Well That Ends Well" - ALLS, used 158 times
• At that time - THEN, used 134 times
• "That makes sense" - ISEE, used 132 times

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