Strike and rebound.
The crossword clue "Strike and rebound." is answered by CAROM, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAROM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAROM answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CAROM
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAROM, most used first.
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- Billiards shot - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Billiard shot - used 33 times, most recently in 2005
- Rebound - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Pool shot - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- Bank - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Bounce (off) - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Glance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hit and rebound - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Bounce - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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