The Clue
Type of mate (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MESS
Tags
Notes
The answer MESS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Bollix
Botch
Chow
Clutter
Confusion
Disorder
Farrago
Fix
Hodgepodge
Imbroglio
Jumble
Meddle (with)
Pigsty
Predicament
Quagmire
Scrape
Snafu
Untidiness
Angler's catch
Army chow
Army meal
Bungle, with "up"
Cafeteria, to a soldier
G.I. refectory
Hoarder's problem
Kettle of fish
Many an attic
Meal on the Missouri
Military dinner
Military meal
Navy food
Scow chow
Soldiers' meal
U.S.N. fare
Child's room, often
Many a teenager's room
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Meal at boot camp
Teen's room, stereotypically
Teen-ager's room, frequently
Definition
MESS as a noun:
1. (mess, messiness, muss, mussiness) = a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
2. (fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish) = informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
3. soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. (mess, mess hall) = a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
6. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
MESS as a verb:
1. eat in a mess hall
2. (mess, mess up) = make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"