Clues for the word "MUSTY"
We've had 31 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 53 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on September 15, 2026.
Definition of 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.
- n. - Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
- n. - Dull; heavy; spiritless.
Referring Clues
- Out-of-date
- Hardly fresh
- Needing air freshener
- Dank
- Outdated
- Having a stale odor
- Damp-smelling
- In need of an airing
- Like some basements
- In need of airing out
- Antiquated
- Having a damp smell
- Affected by mold or mildew
- Needing to be aired out
- Needing a good airing
- Stale-smelling
- Like old attics
- Needing an airing-out
- Needing to be aired out, as a basement
- Old-seeming
- Needing airing
- Moldy
- Like a damp basement
- Stale
- At the end of the day, must be unwholesome
- In need of air freshener
- Smelling of mold
- Mouldy
- Dank and damp
- Like many attics
- Like many a summer cabin after a long winter
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - September 15, 2026
- LA Times - July 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 23, 2025
- LA Times - April 20, 2025
- LA Times - October 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2024
- New York Times - October 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 11, 2023
- USA Today - June 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 24, 2023
- LA Times - November 25, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 05, 2017
- Netword - June 02, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2017
- New York Times - September 01, 2016
- Family Time - August 22, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 23, 2016
- Netword - June 10, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 27, 2016
- USA Today - March 09, 2016
- Netword - November 08, 2015
- Netword - November 04, 2015
- LA Times - September 24, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 07, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 04, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - January 25, 2015
- New York Times - September 01, 2014
- LA Times - July 22, 2014
- And in 23 more crossword puzzles...