Vent sound
The crossword clue "Vent sound" is answered by HISS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HISS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HISS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HISS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HISS, most used first.
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- Snake's sound - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Radiator sound - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Snake sound - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of disapproval - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Sibilant sound - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- Snake's warning - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Angry cat's sound - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Blow off steam? - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Cat's warning - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound from an angry cat - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Show displeasure - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Boo's partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Angry cat's warning - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound like a snake - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Bad reception? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Greeting for a villain - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Sound of a snake - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Boo" accompaniment - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Express disapproval - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Serenade the villain - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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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- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
- High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
- Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
- Attention-getting sound - PSST, used 120 times
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