Marine's meal
The crossword clue "Marine's meal" is answered by MESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MESS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MESS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MESS, most used first.
- Clutter - used 147 times, most recently in 2026
- Disarray - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Disorder - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Jumble - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Predicament - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
- Military meal - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Untidiness - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Chaotic situation - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Base meal - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Shambles - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Hodgepodge - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Private dinner? - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Untidy condition - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Cluttered condition - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- State of disarray - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Army meal - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- GI dining hall - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Pigsty - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Slob's creation - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Sticky situation - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Army chow - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- Kettle of fish - used 17 times, most recently in 2008
- Muddle - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Pickle - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Snafu - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Untidy room - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Untidy situation - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Bungle, with "up" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Untidy state - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Boot camp fare - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Difficult situation - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Neatnik's bane - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Sloppy situation - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Something to clean up - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Unkempt state - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Jam or pickle - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Mare's-nest - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Botch - used 9 times, most recently in 1994
- Imbroglio - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Plight - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Private meal? - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Untidy place - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Disorderly situation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Fool (with) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Sloppy condition - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Tamper (with) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Unpleasant situation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Challenge for the cleaning staff - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Disarrange - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Disorganized state - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Jam - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Recruit's fare - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Total disorder - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Complicated situation - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Confusion - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Fiddle (with) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Fine kettle of fish - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Meal eaten in a hall - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Meddle (with) - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Quagmire - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Scow chow - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Soldier's meal - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Untidy spot - 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.
- Has a meal - EATS, used 50 times
- One-dish meal - STEW, used 48 times
- Slow-cooked meal - STEW, used 40 times
- Aardvark's meal - ANTS, used 33 times
- Have a meal - DINE, used 25 times
- Slow-cooker meal - STEW, used 23 times
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