Closes with a bang
The crossword clue "Closes with a bang" is answered by SLAMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SLAMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAMS answer page.
Used 16 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLAMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAMS, most used first.
- Bridge coups - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Criticizes - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge feats - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Shuts with force - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Closes loudly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Poetry competitions - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Shuts with a bang - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Bridge bids - used 8 times, most recently in 1976
- Criticizes harshly - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Shuts loudly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bangs shut - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Closes noisily - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Closes - SHUTS, used 94 times
- Connect with - TIETO, used 87 times
- Go with the flow - ADAPT, used 77 times
- Change with the times - ADAPT, used 72 times
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