Sound

The answer

SANE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SANE answer page.

Used 53 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 10 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.

• AUDIO (61 uses in xd)
• HALE (57 uses in xd)
• VALID (25 uses in xd)
• TONE (18 uses in xd)
• NOISE (13 uses in xd)

Other clues for SANE

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

• Rational - used 245 times, most recently in 2026
• Reasonable - used 142 times, most recently in 2026
• Sensible - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• All there - used 134 times, most recently in 2024
• Levelheaded - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Compos mentis - used 82 times, most recently in 2022
• Logical - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Of sound mind - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Lucid - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Level-headed - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Fit to be tried - used 31 times, most recently in 2019
• Not nuts - used 26 times, most recently in 2022

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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