Make a mess of
The crossword clue "Make a mess of" is answered by FLUB, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
FLUB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLUB answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FLUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLUB, most used first.
- Bungle - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Botch - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Blunder - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Err - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Mess up - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Goof - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Goof up - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Screw up - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- Make angry - RILE, used 146 times
- Make eyes at - OGLE, used 142 times
- Make simpler - EASE, used 136 times
- Make, as money - EARN, used 86 times
- Make well - HEAL, used 83 times
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