Quiet spell

The answer

LULL

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LULL

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

• Break in the action - used 93 times, most recently in 2025
• Temporary calm - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Quiet period - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Soothe - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Quiet time - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Pause in the action - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Break - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Calm before the storm - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Put to sleep - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Respite - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Downtime - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Slow period - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Letup - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Period of calm - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Calm - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Quiet moment - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Pause - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Peaceful period - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Temporary pause - 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.

• "Quiet!" - HUSH, used 48 times
• "Be quiet!" - HUSH, used 46 times
• Start of a spell - ABRA, used 31 times
• Sit for a spell - REST, used 21 times
• On the quiet side - ALEE, used 20 times
• "I Put a Spell on You" singer Simone - NINA, used 17 times

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