Makes a big stink
The crossword clue "Makes a big stink" is answered by REEKS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
REEKS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REEKS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REEKS
Every other clue in this collection answered by REEKS, most used first.
- Stinks - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Stinks to high heaven - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Smells awful - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Offends the nose - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Smells bad - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Smells - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Really stinks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Smells strongly - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Smells to high heaven - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- Makes level - EVENS, used 65 times
- Big dipper - LADLE, used 52 times
- "__ makes waste" - HASTE, used 51 times
- Big name in printers - EPSON, used 49 times
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