To get something sticky or messy: “The children have been eating candy and they’ve got their faces all ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| SMEARED UP | 3 |
| GOOED UP | 2 |
| GUMMED UP | 2 |
| A MUCK | 1 |
| DIRTY | 1 |
| GOOEY | 1 |
| MESSED UP | 1 |
| MESSY | 1 |
| SMEARED | 1 |
| STICKY | 1 |
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