Big ___ theory

The answer

BANG

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

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BANG

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

• Firecracker sound - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Loud noise - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Explosive sound - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Gunshot sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Backfire sound - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Gun sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Explosion sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• [Just like that!] - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Loud sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Slam sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Report of a shooting? - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "The Big __ Theory" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ the Drum Slowly" - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Firework sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Fourth of July sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Report - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Slam - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Big rig - SEMI, used 251 times
• Big fusses - ADOS, used 111 times
• Big party - BASH, used 96 times
• Big gulp - SWIG, used 93 times
• "What's the big ___?" - IDEA, used 93 times
• Big bash - GALA, used 90 times

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