Untidy states
The crossword clue "Untidy states" is answered by MESSES, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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
MESSES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MESSES answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MESSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by MESSES, most used first.
- Predicaments - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Pickles - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Neatnik's banes - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Complicated situations - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Neatnik's no-nos - 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.
- States as fact - SAYSSO, used 18 times
- Passionate states - ARDORS, used 8 times
- States one's views - OPINES, used 8 times
- Territory that became two states - DAKOTA, used 8 times
- One of the Baltic States - LATVIA, used 7 times
- States - UTTERS, used 7 times
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