Sudden burst
The crossword clue "Sudden burst" is answered by SPATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 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 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 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.
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
- Flash flood - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Flurry - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Sudden increase - SURGE, used 52 times
- Burst forth - ERUPT, used 39 times
- Sudden thrust - LUNGE, used 38 times
- Sudden attacks - RAIDS, used 28 times
- Showed sudden interest - SATUP, used 27 times
- Sudden shocks - JOLTS, used 20 times
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