Flash flood
The crossword clue "Flash flood" is answered by SPATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1956. 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
SPATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPATE answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1956. 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.
- FRESHET (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPATE, most used first.
- Sudden outpouring - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Outpouring - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Flood - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Freshet - used 25 times, most recently in 1997
- Sudden rush - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Rush - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Flurry - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden burst - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden onrush - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Torrent - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Rash - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Outpouring, as of words - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Avalanche - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Sudden flood - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Sudden outburst - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Flood barrier - LEVEE, used 74 times
- Flash of light - GLEAM, used 54 times
- Tidal flood - EAGRE, used 48 times
- Flash - GLINT, used 32 times
- Flood preventer - LEVEE, used 24 times
- Flash of light - GLINT, used 23 times
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