The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STOP , but the solution may also be STOP! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Halt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STOP | 40 % | 4 |
| CEASE | 18 % | 5 |
| LAME | 6 % | 4 |
| ARREST | 6 % | 6 |
| STEM | 6 % | 4 |
| END | 5 % | 3 |
| AVAST | 3 % | 5 |
| WHOA | 2 % | 4 |
| STAYWHEREYOUARE | 2 % | 15 |
| STANDSTILL | 2 % | 10 |
| STAY | 2 % | 4 |
| ABORT | 2 % | 5 |
| STAYRIGHTTHERE | 1 % | 14 |
| CEASEFIRE | 1 % | 9 |
| LETUP | 1 % | 5 |
| QUIT | 1 % | 4 |
| DONTMOVEAMUSCLE | 1 % | 15 |
| PULLUP | 1 % | 6 |
| LIMP | 1 % | 4 |
| CEASEANDDESIST | 1 % | 14 |
| STAMMER | 1 % | 7 |
| STOP! | 1 % | 5 |
Why may STOP be the right solution?
The answer "STOP!" fits the clue "Halt!" because "Stop!" is a common command used to bring something to a halt or to cease movement.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Halt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lame
- crippled
- stanch
- kibosh
- stoppage
- stop
- unfit
- hold
- stay
- arrest
- settle
- hitch
Crossword Answer definitions
STOP noun- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- An f-stop.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- To cease moving.
- To not continue.
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- To close or block an opening.
- (often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- To punctuate.
- To make fast; to stopper.
- A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STOP
- "__ the music!"
- Depot
- Halt
- Octagon message
- Organ piece
- Railroad-crossing word
- Scrub a mission
- Cease movement
- Discontinue
- Glottal __
More clues leading to the result CEASE
More clues leading to the result LAME
- Ineffectual
- Showy fabric
- Feeble, as an excuse
- Kind of excuse
- Unconvincing
- Sparkly material
- Difficult to take seriously
- Weak sauce
- "You can do better than that"
- Metallic fabric
More clues leading to the result ARREST
- Run in
- Seize by law
- Take prisoner
- Pinch
- Put the collar on
- Catch
- Collar
- Bring into the station house
- Take in
- Bring to a standstill
More clues leading to the result STEM
- Derive from
- Bud supporter
- Flower holder
- Pipe part
- Stern's other end?
- Watch part
- Wine glass feature
- Wine glass part
- Bloom supporter
- Check
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result AVAST
- "Halt, salt!"
- Popeye's "halt"
- Stop! At sea
- Captain's command
- Hook's "stop"
- Nautical cry
- "Stop, sailor!"
- Seafarer's interjection
- Shout on Talk Like a Pirate Day
- "Cease!"
More clues leading to the result WHOA
- Halter for a horse
- Mountie's command
- Rider's "Stop!"
- Dobbin stopper
- Not so fast!
- Horse halter
- "Get the fuck out"
- Interjection that seemingly no one on the internet can spell correctly
- "Hang on"
- "That blew my mind!"
More clues leading to the result STAYWHEREYOUARE
More clues leading to the result STANDSTILL
- Deadlock in negotations, e.g.
- Hot dog vendor's cash drawer?
- Tolerate moonshiners?
- At a __ (completely stopped)
- Complete stop
- Don't move
- No-buying, no-selling condition.
- Halt.
- Stop.
- Admonition to a child.
More clues leading to the result STAY
- Canine command
- Corset support
- Command to Fido
- Hang in
- Remain
- Corset feature
- Don't budge
- Order to Fido
- Stick around
- "Wait, I don't want to be alone here!"
More clues leading to the result ABORT
- Cut short
- Scrub a mission
- End
- Terminate prematurely
- Word shouted when trying to end a mission
- Mission-stopping command
- End early
- Cancel, at NASA
- Cancel a launch
- Cancel, as a mission
More clues leading to the result STAYRIGHTTHERE
More clues leading to the result CEASEFIRE
- Suspension of hostilities
- Truce, of a kind
- Phrase in January 1973 headlines
- Military respite
- Stop the shooting
- Truce
- Negotiations preceder, in some cases
- Pre-peace talks demand
- Break in the action
- Front end?
More clues leading to the result LETUP
More clues leading to the result QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result DONTMOVEAMUSCLE
More clues leading to the result PULLUP
- Palindromic exercise
- Stop
- Chin
- Come to a halt
- Chinning exercise
- Halt.
- Pilot's maneuver
- Exercise unit
- Bar exercise
- Palindromic bar exercise
More clues leading to the result LIMP
- Like Dali's watches
- Hobble
- Like a Dali watch
- In need of Viagra, say
- Droopy
- Flaccid
- Walk with a hitch
- Seem lame
- Lacking strength
- Grandpa McCoy characteristic
More clues leading to the result CEASEANDDESIST
More clues leading to the result STAMMER
- Speak like Moses
- Speak in starts and stops
- Speak hesitantly
- Speak uncertainly
- Barely get the words out
- Speech therapist's challenge
- Speak haltingly
- Hem and haw
- Speak with involuntary pauses
- Speech defect.