Be sick
The crossword clue "Be sick" is answered by AIL, a 3-letter entry. Used 106 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
AIL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AIL answer page.
Used 106 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AIL
Every other clue in this pilot answered by AIL, most used first.
- Have a bug - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
- Feel poorly - used 185 times, most recently in 2026
- Suffer - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Be under the weather - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Feel unwell - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Feel sick - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Sick - ILL, used 171 times
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