The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLAPS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Smacks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLAPS | 46 % | 5 |
| HITS | 15 % | 4 |
| BASHES | 8 % | 6 |
| RAPS | 8 % | 4 |
| SWATS | 8 % | 5 |
| WHAPS | 8 % | 5 |
| RAMS | 8 % | 4 |
Why may SLAPS be the right solution?
The answer to "Smacks" is "SLAPS" because it is a synonym for hitting or striking someone with an open hand.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Smacks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- slap
- thwack
- bang
- slapdash
- junk
- smooch
- shit
- tang
- sapidity
- taste
- horse
- savour
Crossword Answer definitions
SLAPS noun- A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- The sound of such a blow.
- Makeup; cosmetics.
- To give a slap to.
- To cause something to strike soundly.
- To strike soundly against something.
- To be excellent.
- To place, to put carelessly.
- To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLAPS
- Reactions to advances, often
- Slides some skin
- Smacks
- Gives a hand?
- High-fives
- Censures
- Insults
- Strikes sharply
- Executes a high five
- Gives a backhand
More clues leading to the result HITS
- Google results, and an anagram of 37-Down
- Slugs
- 4-Down selections, more often than not
- Google Analytics data
- Long runners
- Sosa stats
- "Billboard" listings
- "Billboard" entries
- Top 40 songs
- Chart toppers
More clues leading to the result BASHES
- Big blowouts
- Lively parties
- Defames
- Big dos
- Wild parties
- Huge parties
- Big banquets
- Hits hard: Colloq.
- Hits hard: Slang.
- British shindigs
More clues leading to the result RAPS
- Criticizes
- Knocks sharply
- Makes like Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Knocks
- Hits sharply
- Séance sounds
- Action Bronson songs
- Danny Brown songs
- Does like Lil B
- Shoots the breeze
More clues leading to the result SWATS
- Gets the flies
- Goes for, as a mosquito
- Hits playfully
- Hits hard
- Bats gnats
- Chases flies
- Smacks
- Whacks sharply
- Hits, as a fly
- Squashes a skeeter