Clues for the word "SCUM"
We've had 140 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 322 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on February 01, 2026.
Definition of scum
- v. - The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
- v. - refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
- v. t. - To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
- v. t. - To sweep or range over the surface of.
- v. i. - To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
Referring Clues
- Pond dross
- Riffraff
- Refuse
- Lowlife
- Film on ponds
- Society's dregs
- Pond gunk
- Ugly film
- Soap ___ (shower buildup)
- Cleaning target
- Pond covering
- Bathtub ring gunk
- Pond film
- Not a nice film
- Icky pond surface
- Growth on some ponds
- Soap ___ (bathroom grime)
- Aquarium buildup
- Pond problem
- Dirty film
- Bathtub woe
- Bathtub residue
- Bath water residue
- Pond cover
- Pond refuse
- Not a nice film?
- Ugly pond film
- Icky residue
- Film you don't want to see
- Froth
- Soap residue
- Soap residue
- Nasty film
- Shower-door buildup
- Cleaner target
- Surface muck
- Surface gunk
- Slimy film
- Surface impurities
- Pond-surface film
- Slimy coating
- Dross
- Surface matter
- Pond-surface matter
- Surface residue
- Pond ___
- Lowest of the low
- Tilex target
- Man-bashing 1968 manifesto by Valerie Solanas
- Disgusting film
- Bath-water residue
- Fountain build-up
- It may be found on a tank
- Dregs of society
- Bathtub gunk
- Grimy coating
- Soapy film
- Bathtub buildup
- Mr. Clean target
- Film on water
- Grimy residue
- Surface layer of impurities
- Pond coating
- Pond skimmer's target
- Waste matter
- Bathwater residue
- Smelting refuse
- Pond cover, sometimes
- Bathtub dirt
- Aquarium growth
- Pond coating, sometimes
- Scrubbing Bubbles target
- Soapy residue
- Pond build-up
- Undesirable thing on ponds
- Unattractive pond feature
- Problem in a neglected pool
- Film on stagnant water
- Shower buildup
- Icky pond residue
- Scourer's target, sometimes
- Swamp cover
- Despicable people in dirty film?
- Worst of the population
- Norwegian black metal band of lowlifes?
- Rob Zombie "___ of the Earth"
- Napalm Death album about a lowlife?
- Lowlife Norwegian punks?
- Worthless people
- Floating film of filth
- Floating impurities
- Floating waste
- Dirty froth
- Impurities floating on surface
- Copper stops sadomasochism in dirty film
- Impurities on liquid's surface
- Worthless types are many in total
- Dirty foam
- The lowest sort of people but always found at the top
- Floating impurities on liquid
- Dregs of society writing back about copper
- Useless film where group of rugby players run away
- Floating filth
- What a dirty film!
- Despicable people on top
- Soapy buildup
- Tub buildup
- Relative of 6-Across
- Film music playing as I left
- Refuse all round about
- Swamp covering
- Pond floater
- Pond surface stuff
- Film set in Ceausescu mansion
- Bathtub ring
- The worst part is on top
- Pond buildup
- Despicable people in dirty film?
- Shower stall gunk
- Yucky film on a pond
- Aquarium concern
- What jam makers skim
- Buildup in a fish tank
- Pond layer
- Neglected aquarium's accumulation
- Layer on a stagnant pond
- Foul film
- Floating green layer
- Fish tank buildup
- Gunk on a pond
- Gunk on an aquarium
- Film about fish tanks?
- Film on a pond
- Tub gunk
- Fish tank gunk
- Gunk in a pond
- Pond blanket
- "Rebel ___" ("Star Wars" fan film)
- Film of algae
- Soapy residue in a sink
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - February 01, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 18, 2026
- Daily American - January 14, 2026
- LA Times - December 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 11, 2025
- Daily American - December 10, 2025
- Daily American - November 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 25, 2025
- Daily American - April 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2025
- Daily American - January 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 29, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 18, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 03, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 23, 2024
- Mirror Mini - October 10, 2024
- Daily American - October 04, 2024
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