The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word BOG , but the solution may also be FEN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Mire crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOG | 22 % | 3 |
| MUD | 22 % | 3 |
| OOZE | 11 % | 4 |
| MUCK | 8 % | 4 |
| MORASS | 8 % | 6 |
| SLIME | 5 % | 5 |
| FEN | 5 % | 3 |
| SLUDGE | 5 % | 6 |
| EMBOG | 5 % | 5 |
| SLUSH | 3 % | 5 |
| STALL | 3 % | 5 |
| SWAMP | 3 % | 5 |
Why may FEN be the right solution?
"FEN" is a type of wetland or marshy area, which can be considered a mire. It is a suitable synonym for "mire" in the context of a crossword puzzle.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mire
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quagmire
- morass
- muck
- entangle
- bog down
- muck up
- mud
- get stuck
- marshland
- marsh
- peatland
- peat
Crossword Answer definitions
BOG noun- An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
- Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
- The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
- A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- An act or instance of defecation.
- A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
- (now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
- To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
- (now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
- To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
- (originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
- (originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.
- To make a mess of something.
- An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
- Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
- An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
- A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
- A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
- ("the bug") HIV.
- A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- A trilobite.
- A young apprentice jockey.
- A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.
- Puffery, boastfulness.
- To provoke, to bug.
- Bold; boastful; proud.
- (usually with "off") To go away.
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 BOG
- Cranberry source
- Cranberry field
- Fen
- Quagmire
- Peat place
- Where cranberries grow
- Cranbery territory
- Spongy ground
- Sphagnum source
- Venus'-flytrap habitat
More clues leading to the result MUD
- Hog heaven?
- Something to sling
- 2012 McConaughey movie
- Pie ingredient
- Super PAC ammo
- Undrinkable coffee
- Wrestler's material
- ___ bath
- ___ wrestling
- Facial application
More clues leading to the result OOZE
More clues leading to the result MUCK
- Icky stuff
- Slime
- Yucky gunk
- Dirt
- Gunk
- Bungle, with "up"
- Pond mud
- Muddy stuff
- Waste time, with "around"
- Gooey stuff
More clues leading to the result MORASS
More clues leading to the result SLIME
- Yucky stuff
- Gooey mess
- Viscous stuff
- Scoundrels, so to speak
- Muck
- Oozy gunk
- "Ghostbusters" hazard
- "Ghostbusters" gunk
- No-goodnik
- "Ghostbusters" goop
More clues leading to the result FEN
More clues leading to the result SLUDGE
- Oozy stuff
- Drain blocker
- Muck
- Gunk
- Riverbed deposit
- Icky stuff
- Engine gunk
- Plumbing nuisance
- Muddy deposit
- Drift ice.
More clues leading to the result EMBOG
More clues leading to the result SLUSH
- Kind of fund
- Wintry mess
- Winter nuisance
- Mire
- Winter annoyance
- Liquid mud
- Semifrozen soft drink
- Wet winter nuisance
- Blizzard aftermath
- Reason for wearing boots, perhaps
More clues leading to the result STALL
- Conk out
- Flea-market division
- Park place?
- Play for time
- Bathroom unit
- Merchandise booth
- Engine problem
- Bazaar booth
- Booth
- Buy time