Goes off

The answer

ERUPTS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERUPTS answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1995. 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.

• ERRS (29 uses in xd)
• RANTS (6 uses in xd)
• DEPARTS (4 uses in xd)
• ROTS (4 uses in xd)
• EXPLODES (3 uses in xd)

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
• Breaks out - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• 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
• 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.

• Tips off - ALERTS, used 50 times
• Goes in - ENTERS, used 48 times
• Wards off - AVERTS, used 46 times
• Off course - ERRANT, used 41 times
• Show off - FLAUNT, used 38 times
• Off course - ASTRAY, used 37 times

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