Pond dross
The crossword clue "Pond dross" is answered by SCUM, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCUM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCUM answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCUM, most used first.
- Pond gunk - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Lowlife - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Pond film - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Riffraff - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Soap residue - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Dross - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Bathtub buildup - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Dirty film - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Aquarium buildup - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Pond problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Refuse - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Film on water - 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.
- Dross - SLAG, used 73 times
- Pond growth - ALGA, used 64 times
- Pond organism - ALGA, used 53 times
- Pond plant - ALGA, used 36 times
- Pond duck - TEAL, used 27 times
- Bit of pond scum - ALGA, used 21 times
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