Word on a lighted sign

The answer

EXIT

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EXIT

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

• Way out - used 285 times, most recently in 2026
• Stage direction - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• Leave the stage - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Theater sign - used 51 times, most recently in 2021
• Leave - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Way to go - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Departure - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Egress - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Highway off-ramp - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Off-ramp - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Door sign - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Escape route - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Sartre's "No ___" - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Sign over a door - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Theatre sign. - used 15 times, most recently in 1997
• Depart - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Go out - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Take one's leave - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Freeway off-ramp - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Go offstage - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of poll - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Where to get off - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• It's a turnoff - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Take off - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Get out - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Highway sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign in the dark - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Turnoff - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Turnpike turnoff - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Way off the highway - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Escape hatch - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Go - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Maze goal - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Script direction - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Sign above a door - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ strategy - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Subway sign. - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Door to leave through - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Freeway sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Leave the premises - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• One type of poll - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Ramp sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Thruway sign - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
• Way off? - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Auditorium sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Cinema sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Fire drill objective - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Head out - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Highway ramp - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Illuminated sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Leave the scene - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Lighted sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Outlet - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Sign in a theater - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The way out - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Turnpike sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Walk offstage - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Way off the freeway - used 6 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.

• Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
• Division word - INTO, used 273 times
• Sign - OMEN, used 196 times
• Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
• Sign of the future - OMEN, used 174 times
• Sign of things to come - OMEN, used 164 times

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