Stop order

The answer

WHOA

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 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.

• HALT (9 uses in xd)
• DONT (6 uses in xd)
• ITINERARY (2 uses in xd)
• AVAST (1 uses in xd)
• AVASTMEHEARTIES (1 uses in xd)

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 on the trail - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "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.

• "Bus Stop" playwright - INGE, used 177 times
• Steak order - RARE, used 127 times
• Cruise stop - ISLE, used 115 times
• Court order - WRIT, used 106 times
• Stop - HALT, used 74 times
• "Law & Order: SVU" actor - ICET, used 64 times

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