The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SWAT , but the solution may also be SLAP which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Thwack crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SWAT | 22 % | 4 |
| RAP | 13 % | 3 |
| BOP | 13 % | 3 |
| HIT | 9 % | 3 |
| BAM | 9 % | 3 |
| WHOMP | 4 % | 5 |
| SLAP | 4 % | 4 |
| WHANG | 4 % | 5 |
| SMITE | 4 % | 5 |
| SMACK | 4 % | 5 |
| SMASH | 4 % | 5 |
| WHAM | 4 % | 4 |
| KAPOW | 4 % | 5 |
Why may SWAT be the right solution?
The word "thwack" is a verb that means to strike forcefully with a sharp sound. "Swat" is a verb that means to hit with a sharp blow, which is a synonym of "thwack". Therefore, "SWAT" is the right answer to the crossword clue "Thwack".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thwack
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smack
- thwap
- thump
- thud
- clonk
- slap
- thuds
- whacks
- clack
- smacking
- thudding
- whacking
Crossword Answer definitions
SWAT noun- A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
- Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.
- To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.
- To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
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 SWAT
- "The Sultan of __" (Ruth)
- Kind of team
- Deal a sharp blow
- Hostage-situation team
- Police team
- LAPD unit
- "The Sultan of __"
- Go for a fly
- Police emergency squad
- Wallop
More clues leading to the result RAP
- Criminal charge
- Pop music style
- Snoop Doggy Dogg's music
- Certain mod music
- Gangsta __
- Hammer's genre
- Kind of sheet or session
- Knock
- Music genre
- Chat with Hammer
More clues leading to the result BOP
- Style of jazz
- Genre that became "hard" in the 1950s
- Bird's music
- Dizzy music?
- Hit on the head playfully
- Kidz ___ Kids
- Knock
- Jazz form
- Monk's milieu
- Birdland sound
More clues leading to the result HIT
- Chart-topper
- Like "Titanic"
- Sensation
- Top ten record
- Box office smash
- Successful play
- Bat
- Box office smash, e.g.
- Double or triple
- Smash
More clues leading to the result BAM
- "There it is!"
- NYC cultural mecca outside of Manhattan
- Emeril's expletive
- "Kapow!"
- "Jackass" stuntman ___ Margera
- Collision sound
- Emeril's exclamation
- Hitting sound
- Prez in some tabloid headlines
- Emeril's outcry
More clues leading to the result WHOMP
- Beat but good
- Give a shellacking to
- Decisively beat
- Cream
- Defeat decisively
- Make a loud report
- Big blow
- Beat handily
- Thrash
- Beat but bad
More clues leading to the result SLAP
- Duel invitation, perhaps
- High-five sound
- Hockey shot
- Insult
- Pincher's punishment, often
- Rebuff
- Sharp insult
- "Fresh!" follow-up
- Fresh response
- Kind of shot
More clues leading to the result WHANG
- Onomatopoeic sound
- Resounding blow
- Cymbals sound
- Metallic percussion sound
- Cymbal sound
- A resounding blow.
- Resounding impact: Colloq.
- Sound of a mighty blow.
- Hit with a resounding blow.
- Thwack.
More clues leading to the result SMITE
- Put a hurt on
- Strike down
- Strike like St. George
- Bible belt?
- Afflict
- Hit, Biblically
- Belt, biblically
- Clobber, quaintly
- Clobber
- Hit
More clues leading to the result SMACK
- Kiss of sorts
- __-dab (squarely)
- Give a noisy kiss
- Loud kiss
- [You pig!]
- Directly
- King-size kiss
- Kiss loudly
- ___-dab (squarely)
- Fresh guy's due
More clues leading to the result SMASH
- Broadway hit
- Hard shot from Sampras
- Type of hit
- Crush
- Flop's opposite
- Big hit
- Huge success
- Big money maker
- Big moneymaker
- Blockbuster
More clues leading to the result WHAM
- George Michael's group
- Sound of a punch
- Impact sound
- George Michael's old band
- Collision sound
- Impact report
- "Pow!"
- "Everything She Wants" band
- "Batman" sound effect
- Pop duo George Michael started with