Talking about smells: A damp cellar that had been shut up for some time would smell ________.
| MUSTY | 744 |
| MOLDY | 173 |
| MUSKY | 48 |
| DANK | 47 |
| DAMP | 21 |
| FUNKY | 20 |
| MILDEWED | 14 |
| RANCID | 14 |
| MILDEWY | 10 |
| RANK | 10 |
| SOUR | 10 |
| STALE | 7 |
| MUGGY | 6 |
| STUFFY | 6 |
| ROTTEN | 5 |
| BAD | 4 |
| CLOSE | 4 |
| FOUL | 4 |
| MURKY | 4 |
| STINKS | 4 |
| STINKY | 4 |
| MUSSY | 3 |
| AWFUL | 2 |
| DAMPISH | 2 |
| MISTY | 2 |
| MOLDED | 2 |
| NR | 2 |
| OLD | 2 |
| PUTRID | 2 |
| STAGNANT | 2 |
| ACRID | 1 |
| A-FUNKY | 1 |
| AWFULLY | 1 |
| DUNKY | 1 |
| DUSTY | 1 |
| EARTHY | 1 |
| FROUZY | 1 |
| FUSTY | 1 |
| GARBAGE | 1 |
| HAD A BAD ODOR | 1 |
| HAS A ODOR | 1 |
| ICKY | 1 |
| LIKE A COMMODE | 1 |
| LIKE A SKUNK | 1 |
| LIKE HELL | 1 |
| LIKE MILDEW | 1 |
| LIKE ROTTEN SPUDS | 1 |
| LIKE SHIT | 1 |
| LOUD | 1 |
| LOUSY | 1 |
| MELDY | 1 |
| MILDEW | 1 |
| MUCKY | 1 |
| ODOR | 1 |
| PUNK | 1 |
| RAMZY | 1 |
| RAUNCHY | 1 |
| REEKY | 1 |
| RIPE | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| SKINKY | 1 |
| SKUNK SMELL | 1 |
| SMELLS LIKE SKUNK’S BEEN THERE | 1 |
| SMELLY | 1 |
| SOGGY | 1 |
| SOURED | 1 |
| STICKY | 1 |
| STINKIN’ | 1 |
| SWAMPY | 1 |
| TIGHT | 1 |
| UP TO HEAVEN | 1 |
| YUCH | 1 |
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