Bust alternative
The crossword clue "Bust alternative" is answered by BOOM, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOOM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOOM answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOOM, most used first.
- Prosperous period - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Period of prosperity - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Bust's opposite - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Explosive sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosion sound - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Prosperous time - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cannon sound - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Growth period - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Loud sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of an explosion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Economic upswing - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Sonic ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prosperity - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Time of prosperity - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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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- Slurpee alternative - ICEE, used 61 times
- Shower alternative - BATH, used 58 times
- Lyft alternative - UBER, used 55 times
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