Sticky substance
The crossword clue "Sticky substance" is answered by GOOP, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GOOP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOOP answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GOOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by GOOP, most used first.
- Sticky stuff - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Gunk - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Yucky stuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Slime - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Viscous substance - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hair gel, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Icky stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Sticky gunk - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Viscous stuff - 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.
- Sticky stuff - GLUE, used 63 times
- Seaweed substance - AGAR, used 43 times
- Sticky strip - TAPE, used 42 times
- Sticky substances - GOOS, used 36 times
- Low-pH substance - ACID, used 35 times
- Substance - MEAT, used 34 times
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