Strikes
The crossword clue "Strikes" is answered by SLAPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLAPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAPS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SLAPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAPS, most used first.
- High-five sounds - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- High-fives - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Insults - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Open-handed hits - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Rebuffs. - used 13 times, most recently in 1995
- Smacks - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- High-fives, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Strikes, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Some hits - used 6 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.
- Strikes out - DELES, used 31 times
- Called balls and strikes - UMPED, used 22 times
- "The Empire Strikes Back" director Kershner - IRVIN, used 14 times
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