Is green around the gills
The crossword clue "Is green around the gills" is answered by AILS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AILS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AILS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AILS, most used first.
- Troubles - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Has a bug - used 98 times, most recently in 2025
- Feels unwell - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Feels poorly - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Is under the weather - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Afflicts - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
- Suffers - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Feels sick - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Isn't well - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Bothers - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Is unwell - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Is sick - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Good for what ___ you - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Needs a doctor - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Feels ill - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Feels lousy - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Is not well - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Feels crummy - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Feels under the weather - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Is indisposed - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Isn't feeling well - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Feels bad - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- "Good for what ___ ya" - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Is out of sorts - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Feels off - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Has the flu - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Needs medicine - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Distresses - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Has a cold - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Isn't oneself - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Isn't up to par - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Isn't up to snuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Doesn't feel well - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Has the sniffles - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Needs a doc - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Feels blah - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Is laid up - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Isn't 100% - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "What ___ you?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection 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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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