Explosion
The crossword clue "Explosion" is answered by BLAST, a 5-letter entry. Used 69 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BLAST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLAST answer page.
Used 69 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 12 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.
- BURST (6 uses in xd)
- LOUDBURST (2 uses in xd)
- BANG (1 uses in xd)
- DETONATION (1 uses in xd)
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