They smell
The crossword clue "They smell" is answered by NOSES, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOSES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOSES answer page.
Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 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.
- SNIFFERS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOSES, most used first.
- Snouts - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Odor detectors - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Schnozzes - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Attendance count - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Snoops (around) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Pokes (around) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Facial features - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Plane parts - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Smoke detectors? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Sniffers - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Pries - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
- Scent-detecting organs - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoots - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Beaks - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Carrots, for snowmen - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Count ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 1986
- Honkers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pries (into) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Scent detectors - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoops - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- They may be counted - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- __ around (snoops) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Circus clown's collection - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Proboscises - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Rhinoplasty targets - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Pleasant smell - AROMA, used 83 times
- Enticing smell - AROMA, used 41 times
- Sight or smell - SENSE, used 28 times
- Smell - AROMA, used 26 times
- Taste or smell - SENSE, used 22 times
- They have their pride - LIONS, used 20 times
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