Dirty

The answer

LEWD

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEWD answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.

• SOIL (31 uses in xd)
• SOILED (21 uses in xd)
• GRIMY (3 uses in xd)
• GRUBBY (3 uses in xd)
• LOW (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEWD

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

• Lascivious - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Obscene - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Salacious - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Bawdy - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Indecent - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Off-color - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Vulgar - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Raunchy - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Smutty - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Blue - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Lecherous - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Licentious - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Like a dirty old man - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Improper, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Dirty - SOIL, used 31 times
• "Dirty Jobs" host Mike - ROWE, used 30 times
• Dirty look - LEER, used 27 times
• Make dirty - SOIL, used 25 times
• Dirty Harry's org. - SFPD, used 23 times
• Get dirty - SOIL, used 14 times

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