Bursts, as a balloon
The crossword clue "Bursts, as a balloon" is answered by POPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
POPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POPS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for POPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by POPS, most used first.
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- Daddy-o - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Boston ___ - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- Bursts - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Band in Boston? - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Bursts open - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Dad, in slang - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Old man - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Really stands out - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- The Boston ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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