Worse than bad
The crossword clue "Worse than bad" is answered by AWFUL, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AWFUL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWFUL answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 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.
- NEFARIOUS (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
- 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
- More than bad - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- 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.
- More than enough - AMPLE, used 185 times
- Higher than - ABOVE, used 107 times
- Perform better than - OUTDO, used 79 times
- Go bad - SPOIL, used 77 times
- Bad lighting? - ARSON, used 60 times
- No later than - UNTIL, used 58 times
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