Like thick fog

The answer

DENSE

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 8 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.

• SOUPY (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for DENSE

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

• Thick - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Tightly packed - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Compact - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Thickheaded - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
• Thickly packed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Slow on the uptake - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Slow-witted - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Stupid - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Crowded - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Jam-packed - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Impenetrable - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Obtuse - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
• Thick as a brick - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Concentrated - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Heavy, as fog - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Not too bright - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Closely packed - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Packed tightly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Thick, as fog - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Thickly populated - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Hard to penetrate - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Closely compacted - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Like pea-soup fog - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Thick-headed - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard to get through to - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Dimwitted - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Hard to see through, as fog - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Highly concentrated - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Like a pea-soup fog - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Like a thicket - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• None too bright - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• None too smart - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Not too astute - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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• Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
• Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
• Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times

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