Stop on the trail

The answer

WHOA

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for WHOA

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

• "Hold your horses!" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not so fast!" - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Horse-stopping shout - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Mind. Blown." - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold it!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• Horse halter - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse's halter? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold on there!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop! - used 16 times, most recently in 2009
• "Hold it right there!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Slow down!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stop right there!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Command to a horse - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Stop, horse!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Easy there!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold up!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Opposite of "Giddyap!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Steed stopper - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "Hold it, horses!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop order - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "You just blew my mind!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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