Icky buildup
The crossword clue "Icky buildup" is answered by CRUD, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. 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
CRUD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRUD answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CRUD
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRUD, most used first.
- Gunk - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Gunky stuff - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- "Phooey!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Yucky stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Gunky buildup - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Filthy deposit - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Grunge - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Icky stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- "Darn it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Disgusting buildup - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Yucky buildup - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Chimney buildup - SOOT, used 56 times
- Dryer buildup - LINT, used 26 times
- Navel buildup - LINT, used 19 times
- Flue buildup - SOOT, used 14 times
- Icky stuff - GLOP, used 13 times
- Bathtub buildup - SCUM, used 10 times
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