Messy type
The crossword clue "Messy type" is answered by SLOB, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLOB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOB answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 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
- 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
- Frustrating roommate for a neatnik - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- 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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