Boom's opposite
The crossword clue "Boom's opposite" is answered by BUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1978. 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
BUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUST answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUST, most used first.
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- Total failure - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrest - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Bankrupt - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- California alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Failure - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Go over 21 - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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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- Opposite of aweather - ALEE, used 77 times
- Neatnik's opposite - SLOB, used 52 times
- Opposite of pro- - ANTI, used 41 times
- Pro's opposite - ANTI, used 40 times
- Opposite of fem. - MASC, used 39 times
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