"Phooey!"
The crossword clue ""Phooey!"" is answered by CRUD, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 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 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Icky buildup - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
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