Moves like molasses
The crossword clue "Moves like molasses" is answered by OOZES, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OOZES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OOZES answer page.
Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OOZES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OOZES, most used first.
- Seeps - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Exudes - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Exudes, as confidence - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Flows slowly - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Seeps out - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Moves like the Blob - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Moves like sludge - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Percolates - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Seeps slowly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Moves like slime - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- 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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