Zap
The crossword clue "Zap" is answered by LASE, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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
LASE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LASE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.
- MICROWAVE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for LASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LASE, most used first.
- Emit coherent light - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Use a surgical beam - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Zap with a beam - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Cut with a beam - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Cut with light - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Zap with light - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Beam intensely - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Cut with a surgical beam - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Operate with a beam - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Give off coherent light - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Zap, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Emit amplified light - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Shoot a light gun - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Use a surgical beam on - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Cut with a light - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Do some high-tech surgery - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Use intense light on - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Zap with a stun gun - TASE, used 28 times
- Zap - NUKE, used 27 times
- Zap in the microwave - NUKE, used 20 times
- Zap, in a way - TASE, used 14 times
- Zap - TASE, used 11 times
- Zap with a Taser - STUN, used 9 times
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