Explosive sound
The crossword clue "Explosive sound" is answered by BANG, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BANG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BANG answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Gunshot sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Big ___ theory - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
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- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
- High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
- Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
- Attention-getting sound - PSST, used 120 times
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