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Make muddled

Answer: ADDLE - 5 letters

The crossword clue "Make muddled" is answered by ADDLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

The answer

ADDLE

ADDLE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADDLE answer page.

7Times used
7Distinct years
2018Most recent year
5Publications

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ADDLE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADDLE, most used first.

  • Confuse - used 295 times, most recently in 2026
  • Discombobulate - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
  • Mix up - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
  • Confound - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
  • Befuddle - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
  • Bewilder - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
  • Make confused - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
  • Perplex - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
  • Flummox - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
  • Muddle - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
  • Throw for a loop - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
  • Nonplus - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
  • Fluster - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
  • Throw into confusion - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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