Compress, informally
The crossword clue "Compress, informally" is answered by SMUSH, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SMUSH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMUSH answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SMUSH
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMUSH, most used first.
- Flatten, informally - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Flatten - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Compress - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Must, informally - GOTTA, used 46 times
- In a way, informally - SORTA, used 42 times
- Somewhat, informally - SORTA, used 36 times
- More or less, informally - SORTA, used 20 times
- Guy, informally - FELLA, used 19 times
- Before surgery, informally - PREOP, used 17 times
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