Break, as a balloon

The answer

POP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POP answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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 clues for POP

Every other clue in this collection answered by POP, most used first.

• Burst - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Soda - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Dad - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Mom's mate - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Soft drink - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Cork sound - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Weasel word? - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• "___ Goes the Weasel" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Music genre - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Grammy category - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Catchy music - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Fizzy drink - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Old man - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Unannounced, as a quiz - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Cork removal sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Weasel sound? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Champagne-opening sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Explode - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Top 40 genre - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• How the weasel goes - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Music category - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Play with, as bubble wrap - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Rice Krispies sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ the question (propose marriage) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Burst, as a balloon - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Burst open - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Champagne cork sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Stand out - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Balloon sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bubble-bursting sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Bubble wrap sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Really stand out - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncorking sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Weasel's sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Balloon filler - AIR, used 110 times
• Break bread - EAT, used 89 times
• "Give ___ break!" - MEA, used 88 times
• Break off - END, used 78 times
• Break a fast - EAT, used 53 times
• Break a commandment - SIN, used 49 times

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