To get something sticky or smeared up: “The children have been eating candy and they’ve got their faces all ________.”
| STICKY | 233 |
| SMEARED | 164 |
| STUCK UP | 134 |
| MESSED UP | 117 |
| SMEARED UP | 92 |
| GUMMED UP | 85 |
| GOOEY | 78 |
| GOOED UP | 45 |
| MESSY | 44 |
| DIRTY | 43 |
| NR | 22 |
| GAUMED UP | 20 |
| STUCK | 13 |
| MESSED | 11 |
| ICKY | 8 |
| GUMMED | 7 |
| PLASTERED | 7 |
| SMEARY | 7 |
| SMUDGED | 7 |
| GUMMY | 6 |
| COVERED | 5 |
| DIRTIED UP | 5 |
| IN A MESS | 5 |
| STICKIED UP | 4 |
| GAUMED | 3 |
| GOBBED UP | 3 |
| GOOKY | 3 |
| GOOPED UP | 3 |
| NASTY | 3 |
| SLOPPED UP | 3 |
| DAUBED UP | 2 |
| DIRTIED | 2 |
| GAUMY | 2 |
| GOO | 2 |
| GOOED | 2 |
| GOOKED UP | 2 |
| GUNKED UP | 2 |
| MESS | 2 |
| MOTLEY | 2 |
| MUCKY | 2 |
| MUSSED UP | 2 |
| SCHMEARED | 2 |
| SCHMEARED UP | 2 |
| SMEARED OVER | 2 |
| SMUDGED UP | 2 |
| BESMEARED | 1 |
| CAKED | 1 |
| CANDIED UP | 1 |
| COVERED WITH IT | 1 |
| CRUDDY | 1 |
| DIRTY UP | 1 |
| DOBBED UP | 1 |
| DOGGED UP | 1 |
| FILTHY | 1 |
| FULL OF GUNK | 1 |
| FULL OF IT | 1 |
| GICKED UP | 1 |
| GLUED UP | 1 |
| GLUEY | 1 |
| GLUNKY | 1 |
| GOOEYED UP | 1 |
| GOOFED UP | 1 |
| GOOPED | 1 |
| GRUBBED UP | 1 |
| GRUBBY | 1 |
| GUCKY WITH CANDY | 1 |
| JELLIED UP | 1 |
| JUST A MESS | 1 |
| LACQUERED | 1 |
| LOOK LIKE THEY’VE BEEN SUCKING AN OLD SOW | 1 |
| MESS UP | 1 |
| MUCK | 1 |
| MUSHY | 1 |
| MUSSED | 1 |
| MUSSED UP WITH CANDY | 1 |
| NASTIED | 1 |
| NASTIED UP | 1 |
| NATURAL | 1 |
| OVER CHOCOLATE | 1 |
| PASTED | 1 |
| PLASTERED UP | 1 |
| SCRUBBY | 1 |
| SLIMY | 1 |
| SLOBBER OVER | 1 |
| SLOBBERED | 1 |
| SLUED UP | 1 |
| SMEAL UP | 1 |
| SMEARED ALL OVER | 1 |
| SMEARED IT ALL OVER WITH CANDY | 1 |
| SMUDGY | 1 |
| SPLOTCHED | 1 |
| STICK | 1 |
| STICKY AND SMEARED | 1 |
| STICKY WITH CANDY | 1 |
| SYRUPY | 1 |
| TARRY UP | 1 |
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