The Clue
Very wet (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SOPPY
Tags
Notes
The answer SOPPY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Drenched
Mawkish
Saturated
Soaked
Maudlin
Excessively sentimental
Overly sentimental
Sentimental, and then some
Definition
SOPPY as an adjective:
1. (drenched, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy) = wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
2. (bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy) = effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"