Harsh sounds
The crossword clue "Harsh sounds" is answered by RASPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RASPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RASPS answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RASPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RASPS, most used first.
- Speaks hoarsely - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Coarse files - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Grating sounds - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Grates - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Files - used 15 times, most recently in 2000
- Abrades - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- Rough files - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Talks hoarsely - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritates - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Some files - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Woodworking tools - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Abrasive tools - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Coarse tools - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Speaks scratchily - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Musical sounds - TONES, used 60 times
- Harsh light - GLARE, used 36 times
- Haunted house sounds - MOANS, used 33 times
- Horn sounds - TOOTS, used 32 times
- Harsh - STERN, used 26 times
- High-five sounds - SLAPS, used 24 times
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