Sound of a lightning bolt
The crossword clue "Sound of a lightning bolt" is answered by ZAP, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ZAP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZAP answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ZAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by ZAP, most used first.
- Microwave - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Nuke - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Ray-gun sound - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Hit with a ray gun - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Heat in the microwave - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Use a ray gun - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Hit with a laser - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Cook in a microwave - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
- Cook in the microwave - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Shocking sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Use the microwave - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Laser gun sound effect - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Stick in the microwave - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Use a ray-gun on - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Use a taser - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Blast with a ray gun - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Reheat in a microwave - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of a mosquito biting the dust - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Atomize - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Blast - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Cook quickly - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Electrocute - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Heat in a microwave - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Nuke in the microwave - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Skip, as TV ads - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Sound booster - AMP, used 84 times
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