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"boggy" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often peaty (5 letters).
Definitions
(of soil) soft and watery
Word origin
From bog + -y.
Used in a sentence
“The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.”
“Offer a bulky and boggy bun to the suspected individual just ten minutes before dinner. If this is eagerly accepted and devoured, the fact of youth is established.”
“But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build on.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Soft and wet underfoot”5 letters
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