Poorly behaved
The crossword clue "Poorly behaved" is answered by BAD, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BAD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAD answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for BAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAD, most used first.
- Naughty - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotten - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Misbehaving - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Abysmal - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Spoiled - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Wicked - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Evil - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Not good - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Awful - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer edible - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfavorable - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Defective - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- "The ___ News Bears" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Lousy - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Like Leroy Brown - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
- Michael Jackson album - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Sinister - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Terrible - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Disobedient - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Scolding word to a dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Michael Jackson hit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Faulty. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Good, in the 'hood - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Ill-behaved - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Severe - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Atrocious - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Counterfeit - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Crummy - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotten to the core - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Villainous - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Harmful - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- It's not good - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Low-quality - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Quite inadequate - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Tainted - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Feel poorly - AIL, used 185 times
- Poorly lit - DIM, used 159 times
- Poorly - ILL, used 69 times
- Feeling poorly - ILL, used 41 times
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