Bullet
The crossword clue "Bullet" is answered by SLUG, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1943. 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
SLUG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUG answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1943. 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.
- BITETHE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SLUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUG, most used first.
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- Wallop - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Counterfeit coin - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Garden pest - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Slimy garden pest - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Hit hard - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Belt - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Phony coin - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Small mollusk. - used 13 times, most recently in 1982
- Vending machine reject - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Gastropod - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Bullet point - ITEM, used 21 times
- "Faster __ a speeding bullet" - THAN, used 7 times
- Ricocheting bullet sound - PING, used 6 times
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