Start of a gridiron play

The answer

SNAP

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SNAP

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

• Lose it - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of cake - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Ginger cookie - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Break sharply - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Cinch - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Break suddenly - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Crisp cookie - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Become unhinged - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• Button alternative - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Fastener - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• Easy task - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Breeze - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Photo. - used 30 times, most recently in 2009
• Rice Krispies sound - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Lose one's cool - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Cookie - used 25 times, most recently in 1999
• Break - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Clothing fastener - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Flip out - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Easy job - used 21 times, most recently in 2011
• Go bananas - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Go ballistic - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Small fastener - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Child's play - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• Start of a football play - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Go postal - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Jacket fastener - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Like some decisions - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Something simple - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Vigor: Colloq. - used 16 times, most recently in 1967
• Go off the deep end - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Break off - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Pic - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Click of the fingers - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Go bonkers - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• "Just like that!" fingers sound - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of dragon - used 12 times, most recently in 1999
• Lead-pipe cinch - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• ___, Crackle and Pop - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Lose control - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Onesie fastener - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Cold spell - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Speak sharply - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Suddenly lose it - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Finger-clicking sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fly off the handle - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ginger -- - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Go berserk - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Jiffy - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Kind of judgment - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• One of the Rice Krispies mascots - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Break under strain - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Cereal sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Click, as the fingers - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Clothes closer - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "___, crackle, pop" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Football play start - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Get the picture? - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Kind of bean - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
• "Oh, ___!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Something easy - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Velcro alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Crackle and Pop's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fillip. - used 7 times, most recently in 1963
• Gingery cookie - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Just like that!" sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• NFL center's responsibility - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• "___ out of it!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Show appreciation at a poetry slam - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Totally lose it - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Attack like a turtle - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Brittle cookie - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Crack - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Hike - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Lose your cool - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Pushover - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Simple fastener - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Variety of pea or bean - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
• Part to play - ROLE, used 149 times
• Play parts - ACTS, used 131 times
• Play opener - ACTI, used 120 times
• Play group - CAST, used 109 times
• From the start - ANEW, used 96 times

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