Criticizes
The crossword clue "Criticizes" is answered by SLAMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLAMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAMS answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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.
- KNOCKS (3 uses in xd)
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
- Closes with a bang - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Criticizes sharply - ZINGS, used 11 times
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