Microwave, slangily
The crossword clue "Microwave, slangily" is answered by NUKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NUKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUKE answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NUKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUKE, most used first.
- Microwave - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Zap - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Zap in the microwave - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Heat in the microwave - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Microwave, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Zap in a microwave - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Coffee, slangily - JAVA, used 61 times
- Microwave, e.g. - OVEN, used 44 times
- Mouth, slangily - TRAP, used 32 times
- Beer, slangily - SUDS, used 31 times
- Each, slangily - APOP, used 26 times
- Microwave sound - BEEP, used 24 times
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