Really stinks
The crossword clue "Really stinks" is answered by REEKS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 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.
- BLOWS (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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.
- Really bothered - ATEAT, used 62 times
- Really love - ADORE, used 61 times
- Really bother - EATAT, used 57 times
- Really like - ADORE, used 43 times
- Really annoy - EATAT, used 33 times
- Really enjoyed - ATEUP, used 31 times
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