Poetry showdown

The answer

SLAM

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLAM

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

• Bridge coup - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Criticize harshly - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Close with a bang - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Close noisily - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetry competition - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Bridge feat - used 34 times, most recently in 2021
• Close angrily - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Shut forcefully - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Bridge term. - used 25 times, most recently in 2006
• Bridge bid - used 24 times, most recently in 1995
• Criticize severely - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Close loudly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetry contest - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Bridge triumph - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
• ___ dunk - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Shut loudly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand __; four-run homer - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Close forcefully - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Grand __ - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Close with force - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetry event - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Shut with a bang - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Criticize - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Door sound - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Harshly criticize - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Noisy impact. - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Shut angrily - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Shut noisily - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bang - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• Close in anger - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Cutting criticism - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Hit hard - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Sound of an angry exit - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Dis - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Lambaste - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Put-down - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Verbal assault - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Bang shut - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Close angrily, as a door - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Go out with a bang - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Harsh criticism - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Shut with force - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Basketball crowd-pleaser - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Bridge score - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Insult - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ poetry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shut hard - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Wrestling move - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

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• Heroic poetry - EPOS, used 40 times
• Old Norse poetry collection - EDDA, used 21 times
• Narrative poetry - EPOS, used 17 times
• Ireland, in poetry - ERIN, used 15 times

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