"Holy guacamole!"

The answer to “"Holy guacamole!"” in the The Washington Post crossword is WOWIE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on October 11, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 40-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“"Holy guacamole!"” answer

WOWIE (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is WOWIE.

When else has “"Holy guacamole!"” appeared?

The Washington Post reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

October 11, 2026 (most recent) → WOWIE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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