Messy ones
The crossword clue "Messy ones" is answered by SLOBS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLOBS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOBS answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLOBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLOBS, most used first.
- Mess makers - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Messy people - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Neatniks' opposites - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Pigs - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Messy sorts - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- No neatniks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Wise ones - SAGES, used 133 times
- Loved ones - DEARS, used 75 times
- The ones here - THESE, used 71 times
- The ones over there - THOSE, used 41 times
- Innocent ones - BABES, used 33 times
- Silly ones - GEESE, used 30 times
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