Harsh sound
The crossword clue "Harsh sound" is answered by RASP, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RASP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RASP answer page.
Used 30 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 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.
- BLAT (1 uses in xd)
- CACOPHONY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RASP
Every other clue in this collection answered by RASP, most used first.
- Grate - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Coarse file - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
- Speak hoarsely - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- File - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Grating sound - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Hoarse voice - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Rough file - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Hoarse sound - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Scratchy voice - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Gravelly voice - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Farrier's tool - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Irritate - used 23 times, most recently in 2006
- Abrade - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
- 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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