Use one's nose

The answer

SMELL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMELL answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SMELL

Every other clue in this collection answered by SMELL, most used first.

• Odor - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Aroma - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Common sense - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Get a whiff of - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• One of the senses - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Get wind of - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Scent - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fragrance. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Detect an aroma - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Detect, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• What the nose knows - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Bloodhound's clue - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Catch a whiff of - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sniff - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Whiff - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "I ___ a rat!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Need a bath badly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Be of use - AVAIL, used 176 times
• On one's toes - ALERT, used 150 times
• Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
• Use a divining rod - DOWSE, used 105 times
• Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
• Light on one's feet - AGILE, used 84 times

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