Scrub thoroughly
The crossword clue "Scrub thoroughly" is answered by SCOUR, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. 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
SCOUR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCOUR answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SCOUR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCOUR, most used first.
- Search thoroughly - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Scrub - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Use elbow grease on - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Search high and low - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean with elbow grease - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean thoroughly - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Scrub hard - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Really scrub - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Clean with effort - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Really clean - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Scrub, as a mission - ABORT, used 22 times
- Wash thoroughly - SCRUB, used 22 times
- Scrub - ABORT, used 17 times
- Scrub in the tub - BATHE, used 17 times
- Thoroughly enjoyed - ATEUP, used 15 times
- Scrub a mission - ABORT, used 12 times
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