Breaks out
The crossword clue "Breaks out" is answered by ERUPTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1943. 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
ERUPTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERUPTS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1943. 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.
Other clues for ERUPTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERUPTS, most used first.
- Blows one's top - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Bursts forth - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Spews lava - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Explodes - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Blows - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Blows up - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Blows one's stack - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Bursts - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Goes ballistic - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Goes off - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Emulates Etna - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Gives way to rage - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Come out - EMERGE, used 130 times
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- Draw out - ELICIT, used 101 times
- Out of bed - ARISEN, used 80 times
- Bring out - ELICIT, used 63 times
- Cancel out - NEGATE, used 61 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.