The Clue
Bacchanalia (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ORGY
Tags
Notes
The answer ORGY is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bacchanal
Binge
Carousal
Saturnalias
Spree
Bacchanalian event
Bacchanalian revelry
Bout of debauchery
Excessive indulgence
Immoderate indulgence
Party in Gomorrah
Period of indulgence
Roué's delight
Specialty of Dionysus
Unbridled indulgence
Unrestrained revelry
Wild party
Wild revelry
Wild romp
Hardly an exercise in restraint
Where to hear "Evoe!"
Ancient Greek ceremonial rite
Definition
ORGY as a noun:
1. (orgy, binge, splurge) = any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
2. secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
3. (orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry) = a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity