Stopped

The answer

ENDED

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

Used 38 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. 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.

• CEASED (26 uses in xd)
• HALTED (8 uses in xd)
• DESISTED (5 uses in xd)
• ARRESTED (3 uses in xd)
• HELDUP (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ENDED

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

• Over - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
• Finished - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Concluded - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrapped up - used 101 times, most recently in 2025
• Came to a close - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Broke off - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Wound up - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Done - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
• Brought to a close - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Drew to a close - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Terminated - used 23 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.

• "Christ Stopped at __" - EBOLI, used 47 times
• Stopped sleeping - AWOKE, used 26 times
• Stopped slouching - SATUP, used 24 times
• Stopped lying? - SATUP, used 23 times
• Stopped lying? - AROSE, used 23 times

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