Crossword-Solution: MUSTY 5 letters, 59 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Word Word Type Definition
Musty n. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which
substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul
or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.
Musty n. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
Musty n. Dull; heavy; spiritless.

We have 59 clues for the answer “MUSTY”

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Attic condition, sometimes 1 answer
Needing an airing 1 answer
Needing airing 1 answer
Needing air freshener 1 answer
Needing a good airing 1 answer
Like old attics 1 answer
Like a long-closed room 1 answer
Like a damp basement 1 answer
Affected by mold or mildew 1 answer
Unaired. 1 answer
Damp and smelly 1 answer
Damp-smelling 1 answer
Dank and damp 1 answer
Having a damp smell 1 answer
Having a stale odor 1 answer
Having a stale smell 1 answer
In need of an airing 1 answer
Needing an airing-out 1 answer
Smelling of decay 1 answer
Smelling damp 1 answer
Needing to be aired out, as a basement 1 answer
Needing to be aired out 1 answer
Smelling of mold 1 answer
Smelling stale 1 answer
Stale or trite 1 answer
Like some attics 2 answers
In need of airing out 2 answers
Like many attics 2 answers
Old-seeming 2 answers
In need of air freshener 2 answers
Needing ventilation 3 answers
Like some basements 4 answers
Stale-smelling 4 answers
like a wet basement 5 answers
Hardly fresh 7 answers
Lacking originality 8 answers
mouldy 9 answers
A COBWEBBY PARTIAL VEIL CONSISTING OF SILKY FIBRILS 11 answers
Out-of-date 12 answers
out of date 14 answers
Matured 15 answers
AIRLESS 15 answers
having a bad odor 16 answers
Moist 19 answers
dusty 24 answers
Funky 26 answers
Dank 27 answers
grimy 29 answers
smelly 31 answers
rancid 32 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MUSTY (5)

She tried them one after another, moving about the dimly lighted, musty room, where the gas always leaked gently and sang in the burners.
The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1992
Now she places a gingerbread elephant against the window, but with so tremulous a touch that it tumbles upon the floor, with the dismemberment of three legs and its trunk; it has ceased to be an elephant, and has become a few bits of musty gingerbread.
The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1993
When my convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone to doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vintage had commenced, and so he unearthed written evidence in the form of musty manuscript, and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative.
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Korak joyed in the thrills of the highflung upper terraces of the great forest, where, unhampered and unhindered, he might laugh down upon the great brutes who must keep forever to the darkness and the gloom of the musty soil.
The Son of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Titania preceded him down the musty aisle, and it made Aubrey angry to see the obstinate assurance of her small shoulders.
The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley 2008

Quotes with MUSTY (3)

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.
Neil Gaiman American Gods
Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the Stoneofapea CH.
Patricia Briggs Iron Kissed
It's alright" said a dreamy voice from beside Harry as Ron vanished into the coach's dark interior. "You're not going mad or anything. I can see them too.""Can you?" said Harry desperately, turning to Luna. He could see the bat-winged horses reflected in her wide, silvery eyes." Oh yes," said Luna, "I've been able to see them since my first year here. They've always pulled the carriages. Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am." Smiling faintly, she climbed into the musty in…
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 58 times in crossword archives (1969–2025).