Word in an octagon
The crossword clue "Word in an octagon" is answered by STOP, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
STOP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STOP answer page.
Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by STOP, most used first.
- Halt - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
- Cease - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Go no further - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- "Cut it out!" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- "Knock it off!" - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Discontinue - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Organ part - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic sign - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
- "Cut that out!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Desist - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- "Enough!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Say no more - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- "That's enough!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- "Cool it!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- "Freeze!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Octagonal sign - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Word on an octagon - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- "Quit it!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Street sign - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Put an end to - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Come to a halt - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- "Enough already!" - used 22 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
- Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
- Choice word - ELSE, used 147 times
- Towel word - HERS, used 143 times
- Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
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