Snail's trail

The answer

SLIME

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLIME answer page.

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLIME

Every other clue in this collection answered by SLIME, most used first.

• "Ghostbusters" goo - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Snail trail - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Ooze - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ghostbusters" goop - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Oozy stuff - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Icky stuff - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Gooey stuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Slug's trail - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Gunk - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Viscous mud - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Goo - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Muck - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Sticky mud - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Thin mud - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Yucky stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Bloodhound's trail - SCENT, used 39 times
• Animal trail - SPOOR, used 24 times
• On the trail of - AFTER, used 24 times
• Hound's trail - SCENT, used 18 times
• Ski trail - PISTE, used 17 times
• Trail user - HIKER, used 14 times

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