Offends the nose
The crossword clue "Offends the nose" is answered by REEKS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REEKS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REEKS answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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
- 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
- Makes a big stink - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Smells strongly - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Smells to high heaven - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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