The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BOTCH , but the solution may also be BUNGLE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Make a mess of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOTCH | 17 % | 5 |
| MISDO | 9 % | 5 |
| FOULUP | 9 % | 6 |
| RUIN | 9 % | 4 |
| BUNGLE | 9 % | 6 |
| MANGLE | 6 % | 6 |
| BUMBLE | 6 % | 6 |
| SCREWUP | 4 % | 7 |
| FLUB | 4 % | 4 |
| BOTCHUP | 4 % | 7 |
| LOUSEUP | 4 % | 7 |
| BLOW | 4 % | 4 |
| BOLLIXUP | 2 % | 8 |
| HASH | 2 % | 4 |
| MUCKUP | 2 % | 6 |
| FRIGUP | 2 % | 6 |
| SPOIL | 2 % | 5 |
| DISARRANGE | 2 % | 10 |
| MGLE | 2 % | 4 |
Why may BOTCH be the right solution?
The word "botch" means to do something badly or make a mess of it. Therefore, it fits the clue "make a mess of."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Make a mess of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- botch
- bungle
- muck up
- mess
- goof
- muck
- messes
- messed
- muddle
- mucked
- screwed
- screwup
Crossword Answer definitions
BOTCH noun- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- One who makes a mess of something; a bungler.
- To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
- To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
- To repair or mend clumsily.
- A tumour or other malignant swelling.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BOTCH
More clues leading to the result MISDO
More clues leading to the result FOULUP
More clues leading to the result RUIN
- Destroy
- Destroyed building
- Downfall
- Reduce to bankruptcy
- The road to __
- Destruction
- Completely botch
- Spoil
- Bankrupt
- Excavation site
More clues leading to the result BUNGLE
- Be all thumbs
- Make a mess of
- Mess up
- Botch
- Muck up
- Make a botch.
- Do clumsily.
- Be all thumbs.
- Totally screw up
- Screw up
More clues leading to the result MANGLE
- Put through the wringer
- Handle ineptly
- Laundry machine
- Mar badly
- Botch badly
- Really mess up
- Botch
- Make a mess of
- Household apparatus.
- Machine for ironing.
More clues leading to the result BUMBLE
More clues leading to the result SCREWUP
- Really blow it
- Make a mess of things
- Make a mess of
- Blow it
- Botch
- Really make a mess of
- Bungle things
- Homer Simpson type
- Bungle
More clues leading to the result FLUB
- Bungle
- Embarrassing error
- Err
- Outtake material
- Mishandle
- Blunder
- Botch
- Make an error
- Execute poorly
- Bollux up
More clues leading to the result BOTCHUP
More clues leading to the result LOUSEUP
More clues leading to the result BLOW
- Exhale hard
- Vamoose
- Huff and puff
- Spend recklessly
- Make bubbles
- Severe setback
- Sudden bit of bad news
- Make like the Big Bad Wolf
- "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___..."
- Hard hit
More clues leading to the result BOLLIXUP
More clues leading to the result HASH
- Mess-hall offering
- Truck-stop fare
- Beanery fare
- Meat and potatoes dish
- Grass product
- Talk over, with "out"
- Slung dish
- Amsterdam café purchase
- Beef for breakfast
- Potent marijuana
More clues leading to the result MUCKUP
More clues leading to the result FRIGUP
More clues leading to the result SPOIL
- "... and __ the child"
- Act the doting grandparent
- Go bad
- Turn
- Coddle
- Mollycoddle
- Go bad, as perishables
- Fail to discipline
- Ruin
- Pamper too much