Grab bag

The answer

OLIO

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

Used 25 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 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.

• MEDLEY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OLIO

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

• Hodgepodge - used 469 times, most recently in 2026
• Medley - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Mishmash - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Potpourri - used 131 times, most recently in 2022
• Miscellany - used 116 times, most recently in 2025
• Mixed bag - used 112 times, most recently in 2025
• Mixture - used 74 times, most recently in 2020
• Melange - used 48 times, most recently in 2014
• Assortment - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Gallimaufry - used 36 times, most recently in 2016
• This and that - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Salmagundi - used 33 times, most recently in 2012
• Spicy stew - used 31 times, most recently in 2014
• Varied mixture - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• Pastiche - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• A little of this, a little of that - used 27 times, most recently in 2020
• Dish of many ingredients - used 25 times, most recently in 2017
• Eclectic assortment - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Musical miscellany - used 22 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Carryall bag - TOTE, used 64 times
• Reusable bag - TOTE, used 46 times
• Kind of bag - TOTE, used 43 times
• Let the cat out of the bag - BLAB, used 34 times
• Handy bag - TOTE, used 31 times
• Golf bag item - IRON, used 30 times

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