Like Nero Wolfe

The answer

OBESE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBESE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 4 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.

• PORTLY (1 uses in xd)
• ROTUND (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OBESE

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

• Corpulent - used 116 times, most recently in 2023
• Overweight - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
• Past plump - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Having a lot to lose? - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• More than plump - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Portly - used 27 times, most recently in 2014
• Like Humpty Dumpty - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Like Jabba the Hutt - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Like Santa Claus - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Beyond plump - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Falstaffian - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Like Falstaff - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Santa-like - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Stout - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• More than fat - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Way overweight - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• More than chubby - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Not just plump - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Way too weighty - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• With a lot to lose? - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Fat - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Past pudgy - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Plump plus. - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
• Really big - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Beyond beefy - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Bigger than big - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• More than pudgy - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Very overweight - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Like sumo wrestlers - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• More than chunky - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Rotund - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Too heavy - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Tubby - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• Having a high BMI - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• More than heavy - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• More than portly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Portly plus - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Scale-busting - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Beyond chubby - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Beyond pleasantly plump - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Beyond pudgy - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Fatter than fat - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Hardly svelte - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Heavy and then some - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Heavy, plus - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Humpty Dumpty-like - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Like Henry VIII - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Like Santa - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Plump and then some - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Santalike - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Seriously chubby - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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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.

• Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
• "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
• Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
• Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
• Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
• Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times

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