Use a ray-gun on

The answer

ZAP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZAP answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 1 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 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
• Sound of a lightning bolt - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Gun the engine - REV, used 168 times
• Gun, as an engine - REV, used 144 times
• Gangster's gun - GAT, used 112 times
• ___-ray Disc - BLU, used 112 times
• Use a shovel - DIG, used 98 times
• Gun lobby org. - NRA, used 92 times

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