Bowler's headache

The answer

SPLIT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPLIT answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SPLIT

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

• Bowler's challenge - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Divided - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Divide - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Bowler's bane - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Banana __; ice cream treat - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Take off - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Took off - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Break up - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Divvy up - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Skedaddle - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bowling challenge - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Alley challenge - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Divide evenly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Acrobatic maneuver - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Banana ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Share equally - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Go 50-50 on - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Go separate ways - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Bowler's button - RESET, used 44 times
• Highway headache - TIEUP, used 14 times
• Bowler's hangout - ALLEY, used 12 times
• Bowler's pickup - SPARE, used 10 times
• Angler's headache - SNARL, used 7 times
• Bowler's feat - SPARE, used 6 times

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