The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DAUB , but the solution may also be TAR which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Smear crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DAUB | 49 % | 4 |
| BEDAUB | 16 % | 6 |
| BLUR | 10 % | 4 |
| TAR | 9 % | 3 |
| DEFAME | 3 % | 6 |
| SMUDGE | 2 % | 6 |
| MALIGN | 2 % | 6 |
| STREAK | 2 % | 6 |
| DAB | 2 % | 3 |
| ANOINT | 1 % | 6 |
| SLUR | 1 % | 4 |
| LIBEL | 1 % | 5 |
| ASPERSE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may TAR be the right solution?
The answer "TAR" is the right solution for the clue "Smear" because tar is a sticky substance that can be spread or smeared onto surfaces.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Smear
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- besmear
- smudge
- smirch
- bedaub
- smutch
- blot
- stain
- asperse
- besmirch
- sully
- blur
- spot
Crossword Answer definitions
DAUB noun- Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
- A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
- A crude or amateurish painting.
- To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
- To flatter excessively or grossly.
- To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
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 DAUB
- Paint carelessly
- Paint sloppily
- Pat on
- Besmear
- Paint unskillfully
- Apply without care, as paint
- Apply thickly
- Color crudely
- Smear
- Use a Q-Tip, perhaps
More clues leading to the result BEDAUB
More clues leading to the result BLUR
- Indistinct sight
- "Song 2" band
- Britpop band with the 2015 album "The Magic Whip"
- Britpop band with the album "13"
- Magoo's vision
- Myope's vision
- Speeder's view?
- Very bad snapshot
- Out of focus image
- Become unfocused
More clues leading to the result TAR
- Black gunk
- Defile
- Highway-crew need
- Macadam material
- Pitch
- Pitch yielder
- Roofing material
- Seafarer
- Sticky black stuff
- __ Heel (North Carolinian)
More clues leading to the result DEFAME
- Do a hatchet job
- Libel or slander
- Vilify
- Malign
- Discredit
- Slander
- Do some mudslinging
- Accuse falsely
- Sling mud at
- Backbite
More clues leading to the result SMUDGE
- Leaky-pen leaving
- Eraser leaving
- Avocado grove pot
- Soot spot
- Bad mark
- Dirty mark
- Smear
- Makeup mishap
- Calligraphy accident
- Finger mark
More clues leading to the result MALIGN
- Slander
- Badmouth
- Bad-mouth
- Spread lies about
- Drag through the mud
- Asperse
- Speak evil of
- Defame.
- Traduce.
- Caluminate.
More clues leading to the result STREAK
- Mean, for one
- Unbroken series of events
- BLITZEN
- Look natural on a baseball field, say
- Run out of gear?
- Unbroken run
- Uninterrupted series
- Window cleaner's blemish
- Barely run?
- Demonstrate raw speed?
More clues leading to the result DAB
- Apply, as ointment
- Smidgen
- Spot of butter
- Pinch
- Pat gently
- Lightly apply
- Bit of cream
- Smidge
- Little bit
- Application of mousse
More clues leading to the result ANOINT
- Apply holy oil to
- Cover with oil
- Make sacred
- Put oil on
- Sprinkle holy water
- Rub with oil
- Consecrate
- Officially designate
- Consecrate with oil
- Get oiled up
More clues leading to the result SLUR
- Aspersion
- Pronounce indistinctly
- Disparage
- Calumny
- Bad-mouth
- Cast aspersions on
- Insulting words
- N-bomb, e.g.
- Sound like you've had a few too many
- Speak indistinctly
More clues leading to the result LIBEL
- Defame in print
- Defame in writing
- Type of suit
- Material for a then-record £8,000 Liberace suit in 1959
- Absence of Malice topic
- Smear in ink
- Smear in print
- Defamation
- Calumny's kin
- What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for