Sound of thunder
The crossword clue "Sound of thunder" is answered by PEAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PEAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEAL answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 6 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.
- RUMBLE (1 uses in xd)
- SHORTU (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PEAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEAL, most used first.
- Ring out - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Bell sound - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring loudly - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Church-bell sound - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Toll - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Resound - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Thunder sound - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
- Chime - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Burst of laughter - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of laughter - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Bell tower sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bell's sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Carillon. - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Belfry sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring, as church bells - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Loud bell sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Make a ringing sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Sound from a chapel tower - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Sound of thunder or laughter - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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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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