Chimney grime
The crossword clue "Chimney grime" is answered by SOOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SOOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOOT answer page.
Used 42 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SOOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOOT, most used first.
- Chimney buildup - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney residue - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney dust - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Lampblack - used 48 times, most recently in 2021
- Sweep's target - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Chimney sweep's target - used 29 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.
- Grime - DIRT, used 58 times
- Chimney channel - FLUE, used 40 times
- Chimney duct - FLUE, used 39 times
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