| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CLAY | Wet soft earth | |
| MUD | Soft wet earth | |
| OOZE | Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. | |
| QUAGGY | Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy. | |
| QUAKE | To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. | |
| SOGGY | Very wet and soft | |
| MIRE | Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. | |