Commandments word

The answer

SHALT

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 4 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.

• NOT (2 uses in xd)
• THY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHALT

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

• Commandment word - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Commandment verb - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
• Commandments verb - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "Thou ___ not ..." - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical verb - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Ten Commandments verb - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "Thou __ not steal" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Ten Commandments word - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Thou __ not kill" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Decalogue word - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Parting word - ADIEU, used 196 times
• Word of welcome - ENTER, used 44 times
• Word on a ticket - ADMIT, used 38 times
• Parting word - ADIOS, used 36 times
• Campaign poster word - ELECT, used 32 times
• Procrastinator's word - LATER, used 32 times

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