Fan sound
The crossword clue "Fan sound" is answered by WHIRR, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WHIRR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHIRR answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WHIRR
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHIRR, most used first.
- Fan's sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Helicopter sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Sneeze sound - ACHOO, used 130 times
- Trolley sound - CLANG, used 70 times
- Sound - AUDIO, used 61 times
- Derisive sound - SNORT, used 55 times
- Sound of a sneeze - ACHOO, used 55 times
- Trumpet sound - BLARE, used 55 times
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