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SMEAR

5 letters - 4 clues in this collection

SMEAR is a 5-letter crossword answer with 4 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 145 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

SMEAR

SMEAR

5Letters
4Clues in collection
145Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for SMEAR in this collection

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  • Lipstick mishap - used 39 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Daub - used 37 times across 26 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Makeup mishap - used 35 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Mascara mishap - used 34 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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