Smell ___
The crossword clue "Smell ___" is answered by ARAT, a 4-letter entry. Used 116 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ARAT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARAT answer page.
Used 116 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SNIFF (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for ARAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARAT, most used first.
- "I smell ___!" - used 214 times, most recently in 2025
- Smell ___ (be suspicious) - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- What the suspicious smell - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Smell - ODOR, used 380 times
- Strong smell - ODOR, used 74 times
- Smell awful - REEK, used 57 times
- Bad smell - ODOR, used 43 times
- Unpleasant smell - ODOR, used 42 times
- Smell bad - REEK, used 38 times
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