Sound of an explosion
The crossword clue "Sound of an explosion" is answered by BOOM, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 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 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 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.
- KABLOOEY (1 uses in xd)
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
- Bust alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Growth period - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Loud sound - 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.
- Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
- 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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