More than bad

The answer

AWFUL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWFUL answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EVIL (4 uses in xd)
• WORSE (2 uses in xd)
• ODIOUS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AWFUL

Every other clue in this collection answered by AWFUL, most used first.

• Terrible - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Really bad - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Horrendous - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Worse than bad - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Horrible - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Very bad - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Appalling - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Atrocious - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Horrific - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Ghastly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Just terrible - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bad and then some - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
• More than enough - AMPLE, used 185 times
• More rational - SANER, used 155 times
• More pleasant - NICER, used 145 times
• One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
• More reasonable - SANER, used 108 times

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