Stand by

The answer

WAIT

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 8 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.

• AWAIT (11 uses in xd)
• ABIDE (1 uses in xd)
• ABUT (1 uses in xd)
• BIDE (1 uses in xd)
• IDLY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for WAIT

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

• Be patient - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold on!" - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Bide one's time - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Cool one's heels - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• "Hold your horses!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hold up!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand in line - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit tight - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• "Hold it!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Mark time - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• "Hold on a second!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "But ___, there's more!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tarry - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Delay. - used 8 times, most recently in 1980
• "Hold on a sec!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Cool your jets" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Hurry up and ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Let it stand - STET, used 108 times
• Stand up - RISE, used 92 times
• Can't stand - HATE, used 68 times
• Stand up to - DEFY, used 55 times
• Stand the test of time - LAST, used 49 times
• Stand - RISE, used 41 times

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