Clues for the word "ADDLE"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 376 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of addle
- n. - Liquid filth; mire.
- n. - Lees; dregs.
- a. - Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
- v. t. & i. - To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
- v. t. & i. - To earn by labor.
- v. t. & i. - To thrive or grow; to ripen.
Referring Clues
- Confuse
- Mix up
- Discombobulate
- Flummox
- Befuddle
- Dizzy
- Fluster
- Nonplus
- Buffalo
- Make muddled
- Perturb
- Disorient
- Confuse-or what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers
- Throw
- Throw off
- Throw for a loop
- Confuse-or what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers
- Confound
- Throw into confusion
- Bewilder
- Muddle
- Make confused
- Cause confusion
- Confuseor what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers
- Puzzle
- Become rotten
- Perplex
- Baffle
- Shake up
- Stupefy
- Mystify
- Scramble
- Really mix up
- Vex
- Mentally confused
- Mix up or confuse
- Knock for a loop
- Mix up or confuse
- Become rotten, as eggs
- Mix up or confuse
- Go bad
- Dad dancing - extremely liable to confuse!
- Confuse a clergyman with the French
- Rotten way to ride, clear of sides
- Rot(ten)
- Spoil and thoroughly confuse
- Go rotten
- Make confused - go bad
- Go bad, as eggs
- Confuse designated driver tucking into alcoholic drink
- Buffalo, so to speak
- Go off and walk like a duck, topless
- Go off, taking top paint from oar
- Divine in liquor? That's bad
- Turn pair of keys to open drink
- Leave totally confused
- Totally confuse
- Bad son kicked out of seat
- Leave clueless
- Put at sea
- Totally befuddle
- Will get you into a muddle? Rot!
- Go bad, as an egg
- The top's come off the seat? Rot!
- Laded? (anag)
- Get confused and put two Ds in "drink"
- Go off and leave you thoroughly confused
- Humorously flummox
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 01, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 21, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 29, 2025
- New York Times - May 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 22, 2025
- Family Time - February 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 22, 2025
- LA Times - January 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 23, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 01, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 22, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 19, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 09, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 23, 2024
- New York Times - September 09, 2024
- Mirror Mini - September 03, 2024
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