Pop, as a balloon
The crossword clue "Pop, as a balloon" is answered by BURST, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BURST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BURST answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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.
- DEFLATE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for BURST
Every other clue in this collection answered by BURST, most used first.
- Pop - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Explode - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Exploded - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Popped - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Rupture - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Break open - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Explosion - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Fly apart - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Pop up - ARISE, used 51 times
- Water balloon sound - SPLAT, used 47 times
- Pop singer Mann - AIMEE, used 23 times
- Pop singer __ John - ELTON, used 21 times
- Pop star John - ELTON, used 21 times
- Pop - DADDY, used 20 times
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