Sound from a fan
The crossword clue "Sound from a fan" is answered by WHIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
WHIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHIR answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WHIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHIR, most used first.
- Blender sound - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Fan sound - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Spinning sound - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Fan noise - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Buzzing sound - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
- Propeller sound - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Blender noise - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Fan's sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound like a fan - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- From square one - ANEW, used 181 times
- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- From scratch - ANEW, used 138 times
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