Word on an octagon

The answer

STOP

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

Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 9 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
• Word in an octagon - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• "Freeze!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Octagonal sign - used 26 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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