The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLAPS , but the solution may also be SMITES which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Strikes sharply crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLAPS | 25 % | 5 |
| KNAPS | 25 % | 5 |
| WHACKS | 25 % | 6 |
| SMITES | 13 % | 6 |
| RAPS | 13 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strikes sharply
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- break
- liner
- strike
- double
- bark
- cutting
- barking
- ace
- against
- assault
- attack
- bombing
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 KNAPS
- Strikes sharply
- Creates stone tools
- Snaps suddenly: Dial.
- Crests of hills
- Sharp blows
- Sharp or abrupt blows
- Breaks a small piece off from
- Breaks small pieces from
- Breaks small pieces off from
- Shapes flint
More clues leading to the result WHACKS
- Slays, Soprano-style
- Strikes sharply
- Resounding blows
- Bumps off
- Strikes soundly
- Clouts
- Hits sharply
- Eliminates, mob-style
- Hits, as with a ruler
- Offs
More clues leading to the result SMITES
- Clobbers, Bible-style
- Whacks, Bible-style
- Hits, old-style
- Fells with a single blow
- Whacks hard
- Bops, Biblically
- Clobbers
- Hits hard, Biblical-style
- Strikes down, in the Bible
- Hits hard