| Slightly damp or wet (5) |
Mirror Classic |
16 Oct 2025 |
| How many prefer their muffins |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Juicy, like fresh cakes |
|
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| Dewy |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Cake descriptor that is a synonym of "damp" |
|
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| Slightly wet or damp (5) |
Mirror Classic |
05 Aug 2025 |
| In the greatest degree one is damp (5) |
|
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| Damp spray envelops ring |
|
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| Oscar-winning film is a bit wet |
|
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| Slightly wet |
The Telegraph Mini |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Tom is awfully damp (5) |
|
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| PlusWord No 1100 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
26 May 2025 |
| Most annoying word in the English language, on many lists |
|
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| I am in the majority in being a bit wet (5) |
|
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| Damp mist hangs around ring (5) |
|
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| State of soil ideal for seedlings - Tom is mixing (5) |
|
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| Slightly damp |
Mirror Classic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Juicy, like fresh cakes |
|
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| Slightly damp |
Commuter |
25 Feb 2025 |
| One gets in the greatest damp situation (5) |
|
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| Damp ring found in fog (5) |
|
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| Was wet in my French street (5) |
|
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| First goes after second for being a bit wet |
|
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| "Damp - and very," I put in (5) |
|
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| Doctor, one on street getting slightly wet (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Jan 2025 |
| In need of airing when I got into very (5) |
|
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| Slightly damp, as a towel |
|
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| Damp |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Communist devotee loses adherents initially, getting wet (5) |
|
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| Damp(5) |
|
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| Though a bit wet, one is in the majority (5) |
|
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| Damp haze enveloping capital in Oman |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Damp cloud surrounding the top of Olympus |
|
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| Damp haze encircled duck (5) |
|
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| Slightly wet, like some cakes |
|
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| Apparently Tom is slightly wet (5) |
|
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| Like watered lawns |
|
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| Damp, slightly wet |
|
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| Damp |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Slightly damp, wet |
|
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| Slightly damp |
Mirror Classic |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Like towelettes |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2024 |
| The majority contain one that is damp (5) |
|
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| Slightly wet |
|
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| Like fresh cupcakes |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2024 |
| Slightly wet |
Mirror Classic |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Adjective that's been called "one of the most hated words in the English language" |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Humid haze enveloping the circle (5) |
|
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| Like the air in the Amazon |
|
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| Clasping one, is very clammy (5) |
|
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| Damp |
Mirror Tea Time |
26 May 2024 |
| Poor Tom is damp |
|
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| Nothing in the haze suffering from condensation (5) |
|
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| Not dry, but to the greatest extent enheartened by one (5) |
|
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| Slightly damp |
|
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| I came in very damp (5) |
|
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| Not being dry, is to greatest extent enheartened by one (5) |
|
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| Damp ring encircled by water vapour (5) |
|
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| In a short time first to get damp ... (5) |
|
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| In the obscurity, nothing is only slightly wet (5) |
|
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| The greater part one gets in isn't dry (5) |
|
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| "Rather soppy? Very", I put in (5) |
|
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| I come in very damp (5) |
|
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| Like some towelettes |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Damp, I split the majority (5) |
|
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| Army medic is to start treatment on the tearful (5) |
|
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| Frequent entry on "Most Annoying Words in the English Language" lists |
|
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| Damp |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Much-hated synonym for "damp" |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2024 |
| I'm in the majority - humid (5) |
|
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| The majority accept current that's wet |
|
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| Possibly omits when wet (5) |
|
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| Chinese revolutionary abandoning area that's damp (5) |
|
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| Dampened |
Commuter |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Juicy, like fresh cakes |
|
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| Damp |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Feb 2024 |
| The majority, getting out of line, are a bit wet (5) |
|
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| Wet one is in the majority (5) |
|
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| Majority accepting one is wet (5) |
|
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| Nothing in atomiser spray gets damp (5) |
|
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| I get in very damp (5) |
|
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| Not dry, as cake |
|
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| Doctor, one on street getting slightly wet (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Slightly damp |
Mirror Classic |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Somewhat damp |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Slightly damp, as a towel |
|
|
| Damp fog in which nothing is visible |
|
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| Damp |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Dec 2023 |
| One enters considerably damp (5) |
|
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| One enters considerably damp |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Like the air in a greenhouse |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Somewhat wet |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Slightly damp duck in fog |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Dewy |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Damp |
The Guardian Speedy |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Tearful Australian dismissed by old Communist |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Towelette adjective |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Tom is awfully wet |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| Damp end of zoo shrouded in thin fog |
The Times Cryptic |
16 May 2023 |
| Clammy |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Like towelettes in a fast-food restaurant |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2023 |
| Slightly damp, as a towel |
|
|
| Damp |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Like fresh brownies |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Juicy, like some cakes |
|
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| First chases second, being tearful |
|
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| First chases second, being tearful |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Slightly wet |
The Times Concise |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Like a fresh brownie |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Like a tasty cake |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Like towelettes |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 May 2022 |
| Slightly damp |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Damp |
Universal |
09 Apr 2022 |
| Damp |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Damp |
The Washington Post |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Like a fresh cake |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Tom is horribly damp |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Not dry, as a cake |
The Washington Post |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Tom is horribly damp |
|
|
| Not dry, as a cake |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Like fresh brownies |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Wettish |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Like fresh brownies |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Damp |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Like good brownies |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Humectant |
The Times Concise |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Like eyes starting to tear up |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Cupcake description |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Chairman's supporter avoids area that's wet |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Damp fog gathers round |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
|
|
| Between dry and soggy |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Between dry and soggy |
The Washington Post |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Slightly wet, like a fresh cake |
|
|
| Ball covered by dew becoming wet |
|
|
| How many like their muffins |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Clammy |
New York Times |
20 May 2021 |
| Damp fog — nothing visible in that |
|
|
| Like sweaty palms |
Universal |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Bedewed, say |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Like a fresh muffin |
Universal |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Like a good cake |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2021 |
| Film bagging Oscar is not dry |
|
|
| Humid |
Canadiana |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Slightly wet |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2021 |
| Damp |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Feb 2021 |
| Largest one in the middle is wet |
|
|
| Damp, humid |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Sweaty heartless chairman is starting trouble |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Left-winger, but not a wet |
|
|
| Humid, say |
The Washington Post |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Humid, say |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Like a slightly damp rag |
Family Time |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Como is too wet in the middle! |
|
|
| Slightly damp duck in fog |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Somewhat wet |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Damp |
Universal |
12 Aug 2020 |
| Damp |
Canadiana |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Damp |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Damp |
The Washington Post |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Like teary eyes |
|
|
| A bit wet |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Like a good muffin |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Wet weather affecting visibility? Nothing may be seen through it |
|
|
| Nearly all admitting India's humid |
|
|
| Teary |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Feb 2020 |
| On the wet side |
|
|
| The majority must accept one gets damp |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Doctor and I, by the way, are slightly wet |
|
|
| Rather wet film about nothing |
|
|
| Damp |
The Times Concise |
12 Nov 2019 |
| Like good cakes and bad cellars |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Damp from fine spray carrying over |
|
|
| Damp with liquid |
|
|
| Slightly wet, damp |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 Sep 2019 |
| Damp |
|
|
| A little damp |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2019 |
| Slightly damp |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Dewy |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2019 |
| Slightly wet |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Lightly saturated old film shown outside |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Somewhat wet |
The Washington Post |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Somewhat wet |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Word in cake mix ads |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2019 |
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| Like good cakes and bad cellars |
|
|
| Clammy |
|
|
| Word in cake mix ads |
|
|
| Like a fresh brownie |
Universal |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Slightly damp |
|
|
| A little wet |
|
|
| Supporter of Chinese communist, not a little wet |
|
|
| Somewhat wet old film shown outside |
|
|
| Majority accept Matilda is slightly wet |
|
|
| Brownie descriptor |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Texture of a perfect cake |
|
|
| Clammy |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2018 |
| Like towelettes |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Word in Duncan Hines ads |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Word in Duncan Hines ads |
The Washington Post |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Like a tasty cake |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Somewhat wet politicians at centre in majority |
|
|
| A little wet |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Like towelettes |
|
|
| Brownie descriptor |
|
|
| Like a fresh brownie |
|
|
| Word in Duncan Hines ads |
|
|
| Clammy |
|
|
| Adjective on cake mix boxes |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2017 |
| Like a towelette |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Damp |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2017 |
| One in the majority, wet |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Tom is terribly tacky |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Man pulling back stone getting sweaty? |
|
|
| Like a good cake |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2017 |
| Like fresh brownies |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2017 |
| Slightly wet |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2017 |
| How cigars should be kept, say aficionados |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2017 |
| Slightly wet |
|
|
| A bit damp |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2017 |
| A little teary |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Like a basted turkey |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2017 |
| Like some towelettes |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Drizzly stretch of demo is tiresome |
|
|
| Like fresh cake |
Universal |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Barely wet, as a sponge |
|
|
| Dewy film about love |
|
|
| Like damp eyes at a sad movie |
Family Time |
07 May 2017 |
| Like a basted turkey |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Like teary eyes |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Like fresh brownies |
|
|
| Like a basted turkey |
|
|
| How cigars should be kept, say aficionados |
|
|
| A little teary |
|
|
| Like fresh cake |
|
|
| Adjective on cake mix boxes |
|
|
| Like a towelette |
|
|
| . Wet and only limited visibility outside |
|
|
| Like a well-basted turkey |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2016 |
| Damp or humid |
Irish Times Simplex |
27 Oct 2016 |
| A bit wet |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Wet second and first |
|
|
| The bulk keeps one clammy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Damp |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Dampish |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Wet nearly all round island |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
Universal |
02 Jul 2016 |
| Wet nearly all round island |
|
|
| Like some brownies and towelettes |
New York Times |
22 May 2016 |
| Dewy |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Like towelettes, typically |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Nothing in drizzle can make you damp |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Wet duck in fog |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Damp |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2016 |
| Damp |
|
|
| Like some brownies and towelettes |
|
|
| Like a well-basted turkey |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
|
|
| Tearful second, and the one ahead |
|
|
| Clammy |
The Washington Post |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Like fresh brownies |
Universal |
27 Nov 2015 |
| Somewhat wet |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2015 |
| Slightly wet |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Damp area avoided by chairman's follower |
|
|
| A little wet |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Omits crackers as a bit soggy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Dewy, e.g |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2015 |
| A wee bit wet |
Universal |
13 Mar 2015 |
| A wee bit wet |
|
|
| Like fresh brownies |
|
|
| Clammy |
|
|
| Not quite dry |
|
|
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| A little wet |
|
|
| Dewy, e.g. |
|
|
| Clammy |
|
|
| Slightly damp |
|
|
| Like towelettes |
|
|
| Like a well-prepared turkey |
|
|
| Wet Canucks from '90s? |
|
|
| Like a good red velvet cake |
|
|
| Tearful |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Humidified |
|
|
| Like a towelette |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Wet one's in majority |
|
|
| Like licked lips |
|
|
| Like a good cake |
|
|
| Wet Canucks from the '90s? |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Somewhat 37 Down |
|
|
| Just a bit wet |
|
|
| Somewhat damp |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
|
|
| Having high humidity |
|
|
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| Just a bit wet |
|
|
| Less than sopping |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Like fresh layer cake |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Highly humid |
|
|
| Like towelettes, typically |
|
|
| A wee bit wet |
|
|
| Humid |
|
|
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| Like a good turkey |
|
|
| Ideal, as potting soil |
|
|
| Like a towelette |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Like a fresh cake |
|
|
| Like a fresh cake |
|
|
| Ideal, as potting soil |
|
|
| Dampish |
|
|
| Like cigars in a humidor |
|
|
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| Like a towelette |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Clammy |
|
|
| Word in Duncan Hines ads |
|
|
| Like lip-glossed lips |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
|
|
| Somewhat wet |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Highly humid |
|
|
| Tearful |
|
|
| Humid |
|
|
| Humid |
|
|
| Like a good turkey |
|
|
| Like fresh cake |
|
|
| Well-basted |
|
|
| Like restaurant towelettes |
|
|
| Bedewed |
|
|
| Tearful |
|
|
| Like some cake |
|
|
| Like a good cake |
|
|
| Like most lips |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Like many cellars during the summer |
|
|
| A wee bit wet |
|
|
| Like tasty cake |
|
|
| Dampened |
|
|
| Like eyes, at a sad movie |
|
|
| Like tasty cake, perhaps |
|
|
| Like fresh brownies |
|
|
| A wee bit wet |
|
|
| Like restaurant towelettes |
|
|
| A wee bit wet |
|
|
| Humid |
|
|
| Humid |
|
|
| Like restaurant towelettes |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Teary |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Bedewed |
|
|
| Dampish |
|
|
| Bedewed |
|
|
| Like fresh layer cake |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| On the wet side |
|
|
| Rather dewy |
|
|
| Like fresh cake |
|
|
| Like a fresh brownie |
|
|
| Soggy |
|
|
| Watery |
|
|
| Like fresh cake |
|
|
| Juicy |
|
|
| Damp fog in which nothing is visible |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Like a good cake |
|
|
| Having tears |
|
|
| Dewy |
|
|
| Word in Duncan Hines ads |
|
|
| Slightly damp |
|
|
| Humidified |
|
|
| Dank |
|
|
| Damp |
|
|
| Not yet dry |
|
|
| Slightly wet |
|
|
| A bit wet |
|
|
| Bedewed |
|
|
| Like fresh cake |
|
|
| Between dry and wet |
|
|
| Like many a delicious cake |
|
|
| Like many a tasty cake |
|
|
| Damp; soggy |
|
|
| Wettish |
|
|
| Soggy |
|
|
| Irriguous |
|
|
| Missouri is beginning to turn humid (5) |
|
|
| Dampish. |
|
|
| Rainy. |
|
|
| Humid. |
|
|
| Dabby. |
|
|
| Damp. |
|
|
| Dewy. |
|
|