Sudden blow
The crossword clue "Sudden blow" is answered by GUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. 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
GUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GUST answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for GUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by GUST, most used first.
- Blast of wind - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Burst of wind - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden wind - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Wind blast - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Strong wind - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden burst of wind - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Squall. - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
- Rush of wind - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Short burst of wind - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden burst - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Big blow - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Karate blow - CHOP, used 69 times
- Blow off steam - VENT, used 63 times
- Big blow - GALE, used 60 times
- Sudden attack - RAID, used 58 times
- "This ___ sudden!" - ISSO, used 55 times
- Sudden shock - JOLT, used 41 times
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