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 |
| RUIN | 9 % | 4 |
| BUNGLE | 9 % | 6 |
| MISDO | 9 % | 5 |
| FOULUP | 9 % | 6 |
| MANGLE | 6 % | 6 |
| BUMBLE | 6 % | 6 |
| LOUSEUP | 4 % | 7 |
| BLOW | 4 % | 4 |
| SCREWUP | 4 % | 7 |
| FLUB | 4 % | 4 |
| BOTCHUP | 4 % | 7 |
| MUCKUP | 2 % | 6 |
| FRIGUP | 2 % | 6 |
| SPOIL | 2 % | 5 |
| DISARRANGE | 2 % | 10 |
| MGLE | 2 % | 4 |
| BOLLIXUP | 2 % | 8 |
| HASH | 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 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 MISDO
More clues leading to the result FOULUP
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 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 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 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