Smell awful
The crossword clue "Smell awful" is answered by STINK, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STINK
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STINK answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DRAWFLIES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STINK
Every other clue in this collection answered by STINK, most used first.
- Reek - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Public outcry - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Smell bad - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Perform poorly - 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.
- Pleasant smell - AROMA, used 83 times
- Enticing smell - AROMA, used 41 times
- Sight or smell - SENSE, used 28 times
- Smell - AROMA, used 26 times
- Taste or smell - SENSE, used 22 times
- They smell - NOSES, used 20 times
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