Wintry mess
The crossword clue "Wintry mess" is answered by SLUSH, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLUSH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUSH answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLUSH
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUSH, most used first.
- Kind of fund - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Melting snow - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Partly melted snow - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Partially melted snow - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Blizzard aftermath - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Half-melted snow - used 6 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.
- Big mess - SNAFU, used 43 times
- Wintry weather - SLEET, used 29 times
- Major mess - SNAFU, used 27 times
- Mess up - BOTCH, used 26 times
- Wintry mix - SLEET, used 24 times
- Make a mess of - BOTCH, used 18 times
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