Frustrating roommate for a neatnik

The answer

SLOB

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOB answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLOB

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

• Neatnik's opposite - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• No neatnik - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Messy person - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Messy one - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Mess maker - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Oscar Madison, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
• Unkempt one - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
• Untidy person - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Messy dresser - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Untidy type - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Pig - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Messy sort - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Messy type - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Neatnik's antithesis - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Dinner's often on him - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Oscar Madison, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Neatnik's nemesis - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Slovenly one - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Untidy one - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Boor - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Unkempt sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Cleanliness eschewer - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Hardly a neatnik - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Undesirable roomie - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Neatnik's bane - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Neatnik's nightmare - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Oscar Madison type - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "Poor" guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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