Bursts open
The crossword clue "Bursts open" is answered by POPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. 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
POPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POPS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. 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.
- RUPTURES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for POPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by POPS, most used first.
- Boston ___ Orchestra - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- 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, as a balloon - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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.
- Slightly open - AJAR, used 322 times
- Open a bit - AJAR, used 84 times
- Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
- Partly open - AJAR, used 75 times
- Open space - AREA, used 70 times
- Open a crack - AJAR, used 58 times
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