Oscar Madison, for one

The answer

SLOB

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

Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SLOVEN (2 uses in xd)

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
• 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

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times

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