| Heavy landing sound | USA Today | 24 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Dull sound | Puzzler Backwords | 18 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Sound of a fall | New York Times Mini | 01 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Dull sound | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 07 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy blow | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 06 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Sound made by an object falling onto the floor (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Myth you'd half dismissed as dull noise |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | USA Today Quick | 18 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Sound of an ungentle landing | LA Times Daily | 12 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Dull, heavy sound | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 09 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Strike as being dull? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound, though loud, pairs outside (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of something landing heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound coming from hut before start of day (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Secret huddle surround-sound (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy item being dropped |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound | Puzzler Backwords | 21 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Sound of something hitting the floor |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound in this way largely linked to director (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Dull heavy sound | Mirror Classic | 28 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Sound of a dropped bowling ball |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy impact: it landed with a - |  |  | 
          
            | Fall heavily | Newsday | 24 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Dull heavy sound | Mirror Tea Time | 22 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Sound of a bag of groceries hitting the counter |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of a fall | Newsday | 01 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Sudden dull sound from an activist huddle (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Dull noise from ramshackle hut close to ground (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy clonk | LA Times Daily | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Dull heavy noise (4) | Mirror Classic | 11 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Fall follower | Wall Street Journal | 02 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Sudden dull sound as hut demolished by a dunderhead (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy sound from this is ignored by university director (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy thump |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Newsday | 09 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Dull heavy sound | Mirror Tea Time | 09 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Low sound coming from secret huddle (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull plop |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Falling sound | Thomas Joseph | 16 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of a fall | New York Times | 13 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Dull sound of an impact (4) | The Times Concise | 08 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of impact | Commuter | 19 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Falling sound | Thomas Joseph | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of a fall | Commuter | 24 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Clunk | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Dull sound from Port Hudson | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall | Wall Street Journal | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Dull sound of a heavy object falling |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 01 May 2024 | 
          
            | Dull heavy sound | Mirror Tea Time | 28 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of impact (4) | Puzzler | 25 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Clumsy landing | Wall Street Journal | 04 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy landing, say |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy bang |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Thursday, Ray's off with a bang ... (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound | New York Times | 16 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Dull heavy sound | Puzzler Backwords | 31 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a falling piano |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of impact (4) | Puzzler | 15 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Sound of something falling but not shattering |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound? This is ignored by guide regularly (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound effect |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of someone who takes a noisy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Heavy fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy impact | Family Time | 11 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Hard landing sound | Universal | 07 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Loud sound of falling on the floor, say |  |  | 
          
            | Fall follower? | New York Times | 19 May 2023 | 
          
            | Dull sound | Newsday | 14 May 2023 | 
          
            | Haunted house sound | New York Times | 27 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | LA Times Daily | 17 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Heavy fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | A bad joke might land with one | New York Times | 10 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Sound of heavy object hitting the ground | The Guardian Quick | 31 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | 'Clunk!' | New York Times | 28 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | New York Times | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | USA Today | 09 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Impact sound | LA Times Daily | 20 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Bad result of an attempt at humor | New York Times | 14 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Dropped dictionary sound | Wall Street Journal | 07 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Dull sound | LA Times Daily | 30 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Sound of an ungraceful landing | New York Times | 04 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Sound of a dull impact | Newsday | 22 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | The Times Concise | 16 May 2022 | 
          
            | End of a trip? | New York Times | 10 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Land heavily | Newsday | 25 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Heavy dull sound | The Guardian Quick | 22 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Dull noise | Newsday | 20 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Sound of textbooks hitting a desk | USA Today | 18 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Heavy fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a flop | LA Times Daily | 30 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Heavy landing sound | USA Today | 26 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy bag hitting the floor | USA Today | 18 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | A bad joke might go over with one | New York Times | 12 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Sound of dull impact | Newsday | 16 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Floor-hitting sound | The Washington Post | 11 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Floor-hitting sound | LA Times Daily | 11 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy landing |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull impact | Newsday | 03 May 2021 | 
          
            | Impact sound | USA Today | 22 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Mic drop sound |  |  | 
          
            | Ungraceful landing sound | Universal | 23 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Sound of an impact | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Sound of an impact | The Washington Post | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Hitting-the-ground sound | LA Times Daily | 01 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Hitting-the-ground sound | The Washington Post | 01 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Sound when a tree falls in a forest and someone is around to hear it | USA Today | 21 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Dull sound of a fall | Newsday | 11 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | The Times Concise | 08 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Clunk | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Dull sound from Port Hudson | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | USA Today | 31 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Fall sound | New York Times | 05 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Sound of a mic drop | USA Today | 16 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Dull sound | USA Today | 09 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Dull sound | Newsday | 05 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Heavy fall sound | Universal | 30 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Dull sound | The Washington Post | 09 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Dull sound | LA Times Daily | 09 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Sound of something landing | USA Today | 31 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Sound of a fall | Newsday | 15 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a flop |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a fall | USA Today | 10 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Dull sound | Universal | 08 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Drum hit oddly boosted sound |  |  | 
          
            | Mic drop sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a book hitting the floor, say |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk | The Telegraph Quick | 01 May 2019 | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | The Times Concise | 17 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Sound of a flop | Newsday | 02 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Mic drop sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall | Wall Street Journal | 11 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Dull noise | Newsday | 10 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Sound of a mic drop |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Impact noise | Premier Sunday | 26 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Impact sound | Universal | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Sound of a face-plant | USA Today | 11 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Fall sound | Wall Street Journal | 14 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | USA Today | 16 May 2018 | 
          
            | Sound right after a knockout punch | Wall Street Journal | 07 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Falling sound | Thomas Joseph | 29 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Clumsy landing | Wall Street Journal | 13 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Sound of dull impact | Newsday | 29 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound right after a knockout punch |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a face-plant |  |  | 
          
            | Impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull bang | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Fall sound | Thomas Joseph | 25 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Crash landing sound | The Washington Post Sunday | 05 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Mic drop sound | Wall Street Journal | 14 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | It's often dull, day after day |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | Jonesin | 05 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Sound of a dull landing | Universal | 08 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Impact sound | Family Time | 02 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Evidence of a hard landing | New York Times | 16 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Heavy-landing sound | New York Times | 06 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | Universal | 05 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Sound of a bad joke? | Universal | 16 May 2017 | 
          
            | Sound of a flop | The Washington Post | 05 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Sound of a flop | LA Times Daily | 05 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | What a load might land with | New York Times | 09 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Sound of a less-than-graceful landing | The Washington Post | 01 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Down-to-earth sound | Newsday | 21 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Sound of a bad joke? |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull landing |  |  | 
          
            | What a load might land with |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy-landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Evidence of a hard landing |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound | Family Time | 25 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Impact sound | LA Times Daily | 25 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Dull sound | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Dull heavy sound from Doubleday? |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a fall | Universal | 29 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Tax cut reversed after husband invested - it sounds like a blow | The Telegraph Toughie | 28 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Impact sound | Premier Sunday | 11 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Sound of a faceplant | USA Today | 08 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Face-plant sound | USA Today | 25 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Graceless landing sound | USA Today | 30 May 2016 | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact | Newsday | 10 May 2016 | 
          
            | Sound of heavy impact | Universal | 24 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Sound in a game of horseshoes | The Washington Post | 22 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Nickname for the Vietnam War's F-105 fighter plane | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 12 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Sound of a faceplant |  |  | 
          
            | Nickname for the Vietnam War's F-105 fighter plane |  |  | 
          
            | Graceless landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a fall |  |  | 
          
            | Face-plant sound |  |  | 
          
            | Impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Clunk's kin | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Dull heavy impact | The Times Concise | 21 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Landing sound | New York Times | 02 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | More than a plop | Universal | 06 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Sound of a dull drop | USA Today | 04 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Clonk | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Fall follower? | LA Times Daily | 27 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Shot-put sound | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 30 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | More than a plop |  |  | 
          
            | Fall follower? |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Shot-put sound |  |  | 
          
            | Landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull drop |  |  | 
          
            | No-good ruffian's dead body falling might |  |  | 
          
            | Muffled impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Bad joke's sound? |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact |  |  | 
          
            | Land heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Graceless landing, say |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk cousin |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk cousin |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull noise |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy impact |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy fall |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact noise |  |  | 
          
            | Hard-landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull impact |  |  | 
          
            | Land heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Whomp relative |  |  | 
          
            | Fall's end |  |  | 
          
            | Land heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Dull, heavy sound |  |  | 
          
            | Springsteen "His body hit the street with such a beautiful ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Ungentle landing |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Impact noise |  |  | 
          
            | Hard-landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Pound sound? |  |  | 
          
            | Kin of kerplunk |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull impact |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a fall |  |  | 
          
            | Fall heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Kerplunk's kin |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of an ungraceful landing |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a hard landing |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of an ungraceful landing |  |  | 
          
            | Faint sound? |  |  | 
          
            | Muted crash |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a landing |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Muted crash |  |  | 
          
            | Kerplunk's kin |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a failure |  |  | 
          
            | Sound after dropping off? |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy landing |  |  | 
          
            | Bad joke's sound? |  |  | 
          
            | You could come down with it |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull drop |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy sound |  |  | 
          
            | None-too-gentle landing |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Bad gag's impact |  |  | 
          
            | Muffled crash sound |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Fall heavily |  |  | 
          
            | You may hit the ground with it |  |  | 
          
            | Kin of splat and plop |  |  | 
          
            | It may be made by a falling rock |  |  | 
          
            | Fall heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a flop |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Fall heavily |  |  | 
          
            | It sounds dull |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a heavy landing |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a none-too-gentle landing |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a flop |  |  | 
          
            | Fall heavily |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound from the landing? |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound? |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Floor-hitting sound |  |  | 
          
            | Definitely not the sound of success |  |  | 
          
            | Cartoon sound effect |  |  | 
          
            | Hard landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull noise |  |  | 
          
            | Hitting sound |  |  | 
          
            | Plop |  |  | 
          
            | Cousin of plop |  |  | 
          
            | Landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Impact sound |  |  | 
          
            | Hitting-the-ground sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sandbag landing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Fall sound |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy blow |  |  | 
          
            | Faint sound? |  |  | 
          
            | It's dull, possibly |  |  | 
          
            | A big person may come down with it |  |  | 
          
            | Fall follower |  |  | 
          
            | Result of a failure |  |  | 
          
            | Dull, falling sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of impact |  |  | 
          
            | Pound sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dropping sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a dull drop |  |  | 
          
            | Cousin of plop |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound |  |  | 
          
            | None-too-gentle landing |  |  | 
          
            | Dull blow |  |  | 
          
            | Bomb's sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of collapse |  |  | 
          
            | Falling sound |  |  | 
          
            | Sound in a whodunit |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk |  |  | 
          
            | Clunk's kin |  |  | 
          
            | It's usually dull |  |  | 
          
            | Flump's cousin |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a fall |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy sound |  |  | 
          
            | It's often dull |  |  | 
          
            | Sound in a Spillane book |  |  | 
          
            | Sound in a horror film |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a sandbag hitting the ground |  |  | 
          
            | Thump. |  |  | 
          
            | Dull thump. |  |  | 
          
            | Thumping fall. |  |  | 
          
            | The sound a tree makes when it falls in a forest and no one is around |  |  | 
          
            | Blow. |  |  | 
          
            | Dull sound. |  |  | 
          
            | Sound of a sort. |  |  | 
          
            | Dull noise. |  |  | 
          
            | Sound, usually dull. |  |  | 
          
            | Collapsing sound |  |  | 
          
            | Plunk. |  |  | 
          
            | Dull Sound. |  |  |