Sticky
The crossword clue "Sticky" is answered by HUMID, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HUMID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUMID answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HUMID
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUMID, most used first.
- Muggy - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Hot and sticky - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sultry - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Dank - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
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 - PASTE, used 21 times
- Sticky stuff - EPOXY, used 16 times
- Sticky - GLUEY, used 11 times
- Sticky pine stuff - RESIN, used 9 times
- Sticky mud - SLIME, used 8 times
- Sticky pine product - RESIN, used 8 times
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