Starts to smell Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Starts to smell last seen in USA Today puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ROTS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROTS Starts to smell (4) USA Today Mar 15, 2018
34% ESS Start to smell? (3)
29% ROT Start to smell, perhaps (3)
29% MILDEW Start to smell, in a way (6)
26% SEDGE Start to smell border plant (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 5, 2024
26% CARPS Complains fish start to smell (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 6, 2022
23% EXHUMES Uncovers old explorer starting to smell (7) (7)
21% SAP Drain starts to smell absolutely putrid (3) (3)
19% FREAK Unusual occurrence starts funny smell, say (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic May 31, 2025
4% ODOR Smell (4) USA Today Sep 2, 2025

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