Wash vigorously
The crossword clue "Wash vigorously" is answered by SCRUB, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCRUB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCRUB answer page.
Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SCRUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCRUB, most used first.
- Second-stringer - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
- Wash thoroughly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Cancel - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Scour - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Clean with elbow grease - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Benchwarmer - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Prepare for surgery - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Clean vigorously - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Use elbow grease - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Clean thoroughly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Clean with effort - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Cancel, as a mission - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Third-stringer - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Wash cycle - RINSE, used 34 times
- Wash out. - RINSE, used 32 times
- Run in the wash - BLEED, used 31 times
- Wash - BATHE, used 30 times
- Wash lightly - RINSE, used 27 times
- Wash off - RINSE, used 23 times
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