Base meal
The crossword clue "Base meal" is answered by MESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MESS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MESS answer page.
Used 31 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MESS, most used first.
- Clutter - used 147 times, most recently in 2026
- Disarray - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Disorder - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Jumble - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Predicament - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
- Military meal - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Untidiness - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Chaotic situation - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Shambles - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Hodgepodge - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Private dinner? - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Untidy condition - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Cluttered condition - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Poi base - TARO, used 122 times
- Has a meal - EATS, used 50 times
- Borscht base - BEET, used 48 times
- One-dish meal - STEW, used 48 times
- Off base? - AWOL, used 42 times
- Slow-cooked meal - STEW, used 40 times
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