The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GRIME which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Soot crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIME | 50 % | 5 |
| SMUT | 25 % | 4 |
| CARBON | 13 % | 6 |
| ASH | 6 % | 3 |
| GRIMINESS | 6 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Soot
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lampblack
- carbon black
- smut
- ashes
- ash
- carbon
- smoke
- cigarette
- tobacco
- fool
- ryen
- sooty
Crossword Answer definitions
GRIME noun- Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
- A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
- To begrime; to cake with dirt.
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 GRIME
- Coveralls grunge
- Behind-the-toilet buildup
- Dizzee Rascal's genre
- Filth
- Dirt
- Cleaning lady's target
- Cleaner target
- Stubborn dirt
- Embedded dirt
- Mr. Clean's target
More clues leading to the result SMUT
- Plant disease
- Skinny stuff?
- Stuff in a cleared browser history
- Moral crusader's target
- Porn
- Stuff enjoyed in incognito windows
- whitehouse.com content, in the Clinton era
- Blue books
- Blue material?
- NC-17 stuff
More clues leading to the result CARBON
- Non-metallic element
- Diamond, essentially
- Dating material
- Kind of copy
- Base for life forms here
- Part of 48-Down
- Copy medium rendered obsolete by 1-Across
- Element found in cast iron
- Graphite element
- Kind of dating
More clues leading to the result ASH
- "Louisville Slugger" wood
- Barbecue leftover?
- Bat wood
- Blonde shade
- Campfire fallout
- Elastic furniture wood
- Elastic wood
- Eruption fallout
- Fireplace remnant
- Hardwood